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Champion ONE Issued Patent for uTune Director™
[August 24, 2016]

Champion ONE Issued Patent for uTune Director™


Champion ONE (News - Alert), the Champion of Open Networking and leading supplier of optical transceivers, is announcing today that the US Patent Office has issued a patent for its popular award-winning uTune Director.

Patent No. 9,391,706 covers the technology within the stand-alone device that enables tuning and locking of SFP+ and XFP DWDM transceivers to specific ITU channels outside of a network switch. Its intuitive interface makes the process easy to understand and quick to perform; an optic can be tuned and locked in under one minute. This process enables network operators to maximize network uptime by tuning optics on-demand, without having to wait the lengthy lead times that are common among fixed-channel optics. Additionally, the uTune Director enables network operators to simplify and reduce their DWDM transceiver inventories by drastically reducing both the number of total SKUs and total cost of expensive fixed-channel transceivers. For example, a regional operator of a 20-channel DWDM network could save $100,000 or morein sparing costs annually.



"Champion ONE has a strong track record of product innovation and will continue to build our patent portfolio through our expanded investment in new technologies and applications," said John Jutila, CEO of Champion ONE. "This patent recognizing our invention of a stand-alone device for tuning and locking SFP+ and XFP DWDM transceivers further demonstrates our growing market leadership."

Initially launched in 2009 to tune XFP DWDM optics only, Champion ONE launched a redesigned version in 2014 to tune SFP+ DWDM optics as well. This new design earned high praise from the 2015 Lightwave Innovation Awards.


"Our judges were definitely impressed by its solution of sparing costly fixed-channel transceivers," said Lightwave publisher Tim Hermes. "I have no doubt this is a high-powered viable solution for service and dark-fiber providers."

About Champion ONE

Champion ONE is a global supplier of standards-based, carrier-grade network solutions for clients in the service provider, enterprise, healthcare, education and government sectors. The company's transceivers, optical filters and optical systems are optimized for use with the industry's leading OEM platforms. For additional information about Champion ONE, call 800-860-7466 or visit our website at www.championone.com.


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