NTest Inc - History

The history of the NTest corporation is the combination of years of experience in fiber optic technologies and remote fiber test systems and technology. Below is a company timeline:

Early 1990s GN NetTest starts RFTS development:
1994 Deployment of Orion, 1st Generation RFTS
2001 Deployment of QuestFiber, 2nd Generation RFTS
2005 Anritsu purchases NetTest
ADC Telecommunications supplies switches and optical components for RFTS providers:
  • 1995 - GN NetTest
  • 2000 - Agilent
  • 2001 - Acterna
2002 ADC Team acquires RFTS optical product lines and forms Alcon Technologies
2006 NTest is formed from the acquisition of Anritsu’s RFTS product line by Alcon Technologies
2007 Introduction of FiberWatch™, the 3rd generation RFTS system