Catapult to add 3G protocol analyzer support at no additional cost

May 16, 2006

Catapult Communications announced that the DCT2000 test system has been enhanced to include Catapult's Chameleon protocol analyzer software, at no additional charge, for all present and future licensees of the DCT2000 R99 Iu or IuB protocols. This will allow Catapult's 3G UMTS customers to use their existing DCT2000 p100 through p400 systems for protocol analysis, dramatically reducing the need to buy expensive third-party protocol analysis tools.

According to Dick Karp, Catapult founder and CEO, "Many of our customers rely heavily upon protocol analyzers when they are installing and debugging new equipment. Integrating the Chameleon protocol analyzer software with the higher-level DCT2000 test software greatly increases the flexibility and value of the DCT2000 system and will help our customers avoid the expense of buying separate protocol analysis tools that may not be needed later in the testing cycle."

The Chameleon protocol analyzer will run on the DCT2000 p100 through p400 hardware platforms, providing a rich set of monitoring and analysis functions, including automatic configuration. The Chameleon software will be available to DCT2000 customers in June and, at a later date, the Java Web Start GUI application will be released as open source code under public license. Releasing the Chameleon GUI source code will allow sophisticated power users to customize their protocol analysis environments to better suit their specific testing needs.

"We are always seeking ways to add value for our customers," Karp added, "and are pleased to do so once again with this new offering."