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Ofidium Founder’s Technology Leadership Recognized at OFC/NFOEC 2009

Thursday 26 March, 2009

San Diego, CA, USA; Melbourne, Australia

At the recent OFC/NFOEC 2009 conference in San Diego, California, Ofidium founder and Chief Technology Officer, Professor Arthur Lowery, received two awards recognizing his decades of leadership in the optical fiber communications industry.

Professor Lowery was awarded a Fellowship of the IEEE Photonics Society (formerly the Laser and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS), and a Fellowship of the IEEE Communications Society.

The IEEE, originally the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, is the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology. The grade of Fellow is conferred on a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments that have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society.

Ofidium’s optical Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology provides highly cost-efficient capacity growth for new optical fiber, and dramatic performance improvements for existing network infrastructure. OFDM is the dominant technology in a range of other communications applications, and Ofidium is leading the application of OFDM to optical data transmission for telecommunications. Ofidium’s optical OFDM transceiver modules for dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems are set to become the technology of choice for 100 Gbit/s telecommunications.

Prof. Lowery receives his Fellowship of the IEEE Photonics Society, from Prof. John Marsh, Photonics Society President.

Prof. Lowery receives his Fellowship of the IEEE Communications Society, from Dr. Doug Zukerman, Communications Society President.

About OFC/NFOEC

For the optics industry, no other week is as intense as the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC) and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC). People come from all corners of the earth to meet and greet, teach and learn, make connections and move business forward for this one week each year. For more information, visit www.ofcnfoec.com

About IEEE

A non-profit organization, IEEE is the world's leading professional association for the advancement of technology. Most IEEE members choose to add value to their membership by joining one or more IEEE Societies. Examples include: IEEE Photonics Society, IEEE Communications Society. For more information, visit www.ieee.org.

About Ofidium

Ofidium delivers increased bandwidth and reduced costs for telecommunications networks. Ofidium’s unique optical OFDM technology enables 100 gigabit-per-second transmission over existing telecommunications infrastructure. This provides highly cost-efficient capacity growth for new optical fiber, and dramatic performance improvements for current networks. Ofidium’s optical OFDM is set to become the technology of choice for 100 Gbit/s telecommunications. For more information, visit www.ofidium.com