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Petaluma, CA -The landscape of fiber-to-the-home
vendors shifted last
month as Calix, based in Petaluma,
California, completed its acquisition
of Optical Solutions, Inc. The acquisition
created the largest telecom equipment
supplier focused exclusively on
access solutions.
Calix VP Kevin Walsh says the
two companies were a perfect fit in
terms of both markets and products.
Both companies served many small
independent carriers, with only a few
overlapping customers between them.
Small independent operating carriers
have been among the most innovative
companies in the FTTH arena,
according to Walsh, because of the
speed with which they can make and
implement decisions. In addition to
the small IOCs, Calix claimed several
of the larger independents, including
CenturyTel and Sprint (now Embarq),
while OSI had made inroads into the
municipal and developer markets. The
combined company plans to continue
serving all of these markets, focusing
geographically on North America.
The two companies' product lines
also meshed well. Calix's multiservice
access platform, the C-series, supports
both FTTH and DSL, while OSI's
FiberPath, now the Calix F-series,
supports fiber only. Walsh expects the
C-series to be favored by telcos that
must continue to support their copper
infrastructure as they migrate to
packet-based solutions, and expects
the F-series to be favored for green-
field FTTH applications.
OSI also brought to the mix its line
of optical network terminals. ONTs
are the boxes that attach to the sides
of buildings and connect the optical
fiber to inside wiring. While Calix has
put a great deal of effort into certifying
that other vendors' products were
interoperable with its own, it always
had difficulty certifying ONTs. "It's
advantageous to have the ONT and
the OLT [optical line terminal] supplied
by the same vendor," Walsh
says.
Along with the acquisition closing,
Calix also announced a new line of
ONTs. Since ONTs account for nearly
half of the capital and operating costs
of the typical FTTH installation, Calix
believes that innovations in ONT
technology are the key to bringing
down overall FTTH costs. Among
the features of the new 700 series of
ONTs are:
• "Install once, never go back." The
700 series ONTs support two protocols
and three speeds. Carriers can
install new 622 Mbps or 1.2 Gbps
systems with confidence that they
can migrate later to 2.4 Gbps without
changing terminals; carriers already
operating at lower speeds can install
the ONTs for new subscribers and
know that those ONTs will survive
any future upgrade.
• Enhanced data capacity. Bandwidth
of 200 Mbps inside the house is
more than sufficient for HDTV.
• Optional coax connection. For non-
greenfield installations, the ONTs can
send Ethernet signals over existing
coax to an IPTV set-top box. Customer
premises don't have to be rewired
with Cat5 cable - a major expense in
most overbuild projects.
• Optional VOIP integration. The
ONTs include Integrated Access Devices
(IADs) that transform VoIP into
ordinary phone service. Separate, in-
home IADs are no longer necessary.
• Two-stage installation. The builder
can install the ONT enclosure on the
side of the house. The service provider
needs to make only one trip to the
premises, to install the electronics in
the box when service is ready to be
turned on.
Calix Completes Acquisition of OSI
By Masha Zager ■ Contributing Editor
Oki Electric Succeeds in Satellite Transmission with
Portable Video Compression Transmitter, MPEG-4 Encoder
From BBP Wires
Tokyo - Oki Electric Industry Co. says
it has succeeded in transmitting video
through satellite phone connections
with its portable video compression
transmitter, MPEG-4 Encoder RS-M.
This experiment proved that a compact,
light weighted encoder can transmit
Internet Protocol video via IMERSAT
satellite link, enabling a portable live
streaming system.
"We conducted the experiment
based on locations such as marine
vessels and mountain areas, where
normal transmission routes including
fixed LAN, wireless LAN, and PHS
are unavailable or, at best, difficult to
maintain," said Yasukazu Hontama,
President of Broadband Media at Oki
Electric.
The RS-M, launched in February
2005, is a video compression transmitter
that can easily send real-time live
video from remote locations by simply
connecting to a camcorder. It integrates
various functions necessary to transmit
video, making possible an IP network-
based video transmitter with a compact
size of 180mm (W) x 117mm (H) x
105mm (D) and weight of 1.2 kg. The
system can compress a video image to
MPEG-4, with a maximum bandwidth
requirement of 1 Mbps. Oki's global
web site is at http://www.oki.com.
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Link America Selects White Rock Networks
For Integrated Carrier-Class Access
From BBP Wires
Richardson, TX - Link America has selected
White Rock as its key supplier of
carrier-class Multi-service Access products
for fully integrated outside plant solutions.
White Rock's VLX2006 Multiservice
Access Platform provides an easy
upgrade path to OC-48 transport and
enables carriers to increase bandwidth
on legacy networks by offering new or
additional services. Using pre-packaged
kits for customer installation, the
VLX2006 can be installed into existing
cabinets, providing carriers with fully
protected Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Eth-
ernet, DS1, DS3, OC-3, and OC-12
drops to the cabinet.
All optical interfaces can be configured
on a port-by-port basis for flexible
deployment options. Once installed, the
VLX2006 saves fibers by collapsing star
networks into rings, increases backhaul
bandwidth, fully protects all services,
and provides Gigabit Ethernet to every
cabinet.
The VLX2006 is the industry's first
low-cost, OC-48 SONET-based Optical
Access Platform for the delivery of
both native DS1/DS3 and FastE/GbE
services in a carrier-class, environmentally
hardened package. For under
$10,000, it offers fully protected Eth-
ernet and TDM service delivery suitable
for outside plant cabinets, cell sites,
customer premises and office buildings,
and remote central office and collocation
sites.
For more information: www.whiter-
ock.com and www.linkam.com.
First Mile Strategy:
Lessons in Equipment Protection
BBP Staff Report
With more network equipment than
ever before in the First Mile, remote
monitoring is becoming a more critical
need. Several firms (see table) have developed
monitoring notification based
on programmable parameters that are
automatically turned into standard text-
based alarms delivered by e-mail, pager,
or cell phone text messaging or even
voice simulation. Here's a scenario:
On a wintry Saturday evening in Midtown
Manhattan, the assistant manager
of a server operation was enjoying dinner
when she received an e-mail on her
Blackberry: "Temp Lab 4 Air Handlr 78
degrees, 1830." She noted the time and
continued with her dinner conversation.
But she would also remain watchful for
further messages about Lab 4, which
was unmanned on weekends and located
at least an hour away. If she got a
notice that air handler temperature had
reached 80 degrees, or that the humidity
in the lab had exceeded 30 percent, she
would then verify that a service tech had
also been notified and gone to the site.
The temperature in the air handler,
which exhausted the heat from a bank of
PCs and workstations, did not exceed 78
degrees, the point where service action
would be called for. As it turned out, the
fan belt in the air handler was frayed. It
was replaced on Monday morning when
the staff reported for duty. But if the
temperature had reached 80, some 20
computers and other sensitive research
equipment could have been threatened
and prompt service would have been
critical.
The monitoring is provided by a system
of sensors and software that detect
intrusion or environmental conditions
that could result in system malfunctions,
and is capable of notifying appropriate
support staff depending on the threat
and also trigger video- or data-recording
of an entire sequence of events.
"The need to remotely manage and
protect facilities from intrusion and unfavorable
conditions is increasing across
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science and industry," says Tim Stoner,
president of Omnitronix, a manufacturer
of equipment used in remote communications
monitoring and notification
systems.
Stoner says network managers need to
look at the variety of secondary factors
that could cripple operations, possibly
resulting in system malfunctions, loss of
data or intellectual property, damage to
mission critical hardware or even theft
of valuable physical assets.
At the same time, it is important to
notify the right personnel with the appropriate
message about the disposition
of alarm situations. You don't need to
call the fire department to change the
fan belt on an air handler. On the other
hand, problems at a remote, unmanned
power substation may indeed require a
warning not to enter facility until an
emergency team has disabled faulty
equipment.
Omnitronix and some of its competitors
market devices that can monitor
equipment such as a PBX or batteries,
or environmental conditions such as
temperature, humidity, or water leaks.
Many products can even receive SNMP
traps or legacy alarm protocols from
other devices and convent them into
standard alarm text messages.
"Normally, the support staff members
are offsite during nights and weekends,"
says Chris Tengi, Systems and
Network Administrator at Princeton's
Department of Computer Science. "But
we are always concerned about monitoring
power supply, humidity, ambient
temperature and related equipment
that supports our facilities.
"If we have some sort of mishap that
knocks out air conditioning in the
middle of the night, we need to know
about it. And we are certainly concerned
about unauthorized entry or
human actions that could compromise
our systems."
Tengi uses the SNMP-Link Model
SL61 Remote Site Manager from Om-
nitronix. It connects multiple environmental
sensors, which can be deployed
at locations hundreds of feet away from
the SL61-based unit.
Monitoring Systems
Automata
www.automata-inc.com
Complete systems; started in 1975.
Itron
www.itron.com
Big in the energy business, now
branching out.
Omnitronix
www.omnitronix. net
Wide range of sensors; big in energy,
telecommunications and HVAC.
OPTO 22
www.opto22.com
Using industrial automation skills for
monitoring.
Phoenix Contact
www.phoenixcon. com
Has great reputation in the sensor
business and telecommunications
links.
Rosemount Division of
Emerson Process Management
www.emersonprocess.com/rosemount/
Rosemount does the monitoring;
Emerson is a full-service automation
provider.
Skybility
www.skybility.biz
Made its reputation in wireless
data transceivers for embedded
applications; works with OEMs.
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T-Mobile Deutschland, one division of
the parent of T-Mobile US, will introduce
a low-cost notebook "phone substitute"
with three wireless connectivity
options late this spring. The notebooks
themselves come from Fujitsu, which sells
a paperback-book size "Lifebook" laptop
model in Japan and other markets for a
bit more than $1,000 street price. They
will have Siemans 3G cellular, HSDPA
(High Speed Downlink Packet Access),
and Wi-Fi built in, according to a T-
Mobile press release. The notebooks are
designed to select the technology offering
the best connection but users will also be
offered the option to choose access manually.
Fujitsu Siemens is a joint venture of
the two companies.
T-Mobile had not decided at press time
whether to offer the bundle to customers
outside Germany. T-Mobile will first offer
the Amilo Pro notebook from Fujitsu
in March with only an HSDPA card. The
price had not been set at press time but
could be as little as €100 (about $120).
T-Mobile would subsidize the laptop cost
as much as €500, but require a two-year
contract. Final pricing will be announced
at the Cebit trade show in March. This
would be considerably below the US price
for T-Mobile Blackberries and smaller
computer-like devices, but US monthly
charges are lower than in Germany.
Fujitsu Siemens and T-Mobile
Offer Cheap Wireless Notebook in Germany
BBP Staff Report
Lucent Technologies, Riverstone and
Juniper Enhance VIVO's 3G Network in Brazil
From BBP Wires
São Paulo, Brazil - Lucent Technologies
and VIVO, the largest mobile operator
in the Southern Hemisphere
are partnering to expand and enhance
the operator's third-generation (3G)
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO network. Lucent
will provide additional infrastructure
equipment and services and also
work with Riverstone Networks and Juniper
Networks to deliver a core Internet
Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching
(MPLS) network that will enable VIVO
to efficiently manage large increases in
network traffic in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro
and Espírito Santo.
Said Roberto Lima, VIVO's President,
"This solution will allow VIVO to
more efficiently and cost-effectively deliver
mobile broadband services - such
as high-speed downloads of videos, pictures,
music and 3-D games - as well
as corporate services such as e-mail and
Internet access, and remote monitoring
functionalities through video-streaming
and location-based services."
Riverstone Networks is providing
the Ethernet infrastructure, supporting
the "backhauling" of data traffic from
VIVO's 3G base stations to expand
the delivery of IP/Ethernet services
over metropolitan access networks,
Riverstone's RS routers combine the
efficiency of Ethernet with Multiproto-
col Label Switching (MPLS) to deliver
high-performance Ethernet routing
capabilities, resource optimization and
easy migration from legacy networks.
Juniper Networks is supplying M-series
multiservice routing platforms, which
will aggregate traffic from multiple base
stations.
VIVO, a company under the control
of the Portugal Telecom and Telefonica
Moviles groups, is the largest mobile
service operator in the Southern Hemisphere
with more than 29 million subscribers
in Brazil. VIVO's competitive
advantage is based on its use of CDMA,
which is the underlying technology
for third-generation mobile networks
worldwide, and the coverage and innovative
characteristics of its voice and
data service offerings such as broadband
mobile Internet access, video
transmission and other forms of online
communication. For more information
on VIVO, visit www.vivo.com.br. For
further information on Riverstone Networks,
visit www.riverstonenet.com.
More information on Juniper Networks
can be found at www.juniper.net.
Lucent Technologies can be found at
www.lucent.com.
Shanghai Telecom Deploys China's First FTTH TV
From BBP Wires
Shanghai -Shanghai Telecom has
constructed the first Fiber-to-the-
Home (FTTH) high definition TV
testing network, in a residential area
in Shanghai. This is the first FTTH-
based HDTV service in China. The
test network adopted Huawei's Smart-
AX OFA5920 FTTH equipment. Users
can watch HDTV and use VoIP,
high-speed online surfing and fast
networked computer games - if their
government lets them. The Ministry of
Information Industry says the number
of FTTH users in China will reach 20
million by 2008.
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In-Stat Predicts 30 Million Online Gamers By 2009
From BBP Wires
Scottsdale, AZ - In-Stat says worldwide
console and handheld online
gaming subscribers numbered 3.4
million in 2004, and could exceed 30
million by 2009.
Some uncertainty is due to Sony,
and whether it will continue free on-
line console subscriptions or goes to a
paid subscription service when it releases
the PlayStation 3 .
"Microsoft is the only console maker
so far to launch a paid subscription
service," said Brian O'Rourke, In-
Stat analyst. "And we expect release
of the Xbox 360 and additions to its
subscription service to accelerate Mi-
crosoft to just under 50 percent annual
subscriber growth between 2004
and 2009."
In-Stat says Sony currently believes
that a paid service is too large a barrier
to console online gaming, and uses
free online play primarily to reinforce
customer loyalty. Nintendo has taken
a hands-off approach to online console
gaming thus far, but is taking a
very aggressive approach in handheld
console gaming, setting up a network
of Wi-Fi hotspots in Japan, North
America and Europe to host its free
DS online service.
Sony launched several networked
gaming titles for its PSP handheld
console in 2005. However, Sony has
not been as active as Nintendo in setting
up hotspot networks or marketing
the online service.
The report, "Console and Handheld
Online Gaming: Overshadowing
the PC" does not cover PC online
gaming but does survey all large console
manufacturers worldwide.
New Software Setting Stage for
Mainstream Consumer Media Networking
From BBP Wires
Scottsdale, AZ - New home network
management software will improve
ease-of-use for consumers and reduce
the level of customer support required,
reports In-Stat. The hardware-agnostic
consumer network management and
setup software market will expand at a
compound annual growth rate of well
over 100 percent for both aggressive
and conservative forecast scenarios,
the high-tech market research firm
says.
"This software will be instrumental
in helping to remove the barriers
to widespread adoption of hot, new
digital-living technologies," says Joyce
Putscher, In-Stat analyst. "We are
about to enter an era of media networking
for the mainstream consumer."
In-Stat found that market drivers include
an easier way to set up and manage
consumers' networks, especially
as the complexity factor is growing
with more network-capable devices.
This reduces service calls, benefiting
the consumer, equipment vendor, and
service provider. Drivers also include
special functionalities, like remote access,
which can add to providers' revenue
streams as well as they add to the
value of a home network for consumers.
Support will need to be integrated
into home network management software
that will support networking via
powerline, HPNA, and coax.
The report, "New Home Network
Management Software Finally Makes
Networking Easy: Signs Point to High
Growth" covers the results of a consumer
survey concerning home networking.
Visit www.in-stat.com for
more information.
Texas Instruments' PIQUA Said to Dramatically Transform
QoS for Internet Communications and Entertainment
From BBP Wires
Dallas, TX - Texas Instruments announced
PIQUA, a new system of Inter-
net Protocol (IP) quality management
elements that will enable service providers
to deliver an advanced level of service
quality to Internet and IP-based services.
TI is working initially with Motive. and
Viola Networks on products using the
system. (see www.ti.com/piqua).
PIQUA, based on TI's digital signal
processor technology, uses real-time calculations
to instantly assess quality parameters
related to the user's experience,
allowing both equipment manufacturers
and service providers to dynamically
adapt to changing conditions and make
adjustments which today are either impossible
or done manually. These quality
management tools enable the discovery,
monitoring and repair of services, devices
and networks, allowing operators
to proactively manage factors like echo,
dropped-packets and line-delay.
The first implementations of PIQUA,
targeting VoIP applications, will be
available in customer and third-party
equipment later this year.
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Telecast Announces New Harsh-Environment
Mini-eXpanded Beam Fiber Optic Connector
From BBP Wires
Worcester, MA - Telecast Fiber Systems
has a new generation of fiber optic connectors
for television broadcast production.
Named the MX™, this miniature,
multifiber connector uses expanded-
beam technology to provide reliable performance
in harsh field environments.
The result is a smaller, lower-cost fiber
optic connector that is less susceptible to
dirt and mishandling.
The new MX significantly reduces the
pervasive problem of dirty connectors
in field broadcast production. Ordinary
pin-and-socket connectors tend to collect
and trap dirt in the female socket, making
it difficult to clean these connectors
before use. With expanded-beam technology,
each connector half uses a precision
lens to expand the light leaving one
fiber to more than 45 times its original
diameter before being refocused into the
mating fiber. The connector' use of flush
lensed windows means that there are no
longer difficult-to-reach recesses or pin-
alignment sleeves to worry about.
"While the technology of expanded-
beam connectors has been around for
more than 25 years, the practical implementation
has been a long time coming,"
said Telecast President Richard Cerny.
"The trick has been to develop one that
is small, easy to use, and yet affordable."
The MX is less than half the size of
conventional expanded-beam connectors
and costs 30 percent less than the
company's widely used PH military con-
nectors.
The MX connector is being offered in
two-fiber and four-fiber versions. MX
will become the standard connector for
its CopperHead™ camera products. See
www.telecast-fiber.com.
Ikanos Chipset For 100 Mbps
Symmetrical MDU VDSL2 Service in Korea
From BBP Wires
Fremont, CA -Ikanos Communications,
a developer of Fiber FastT broadband solutions,
says its FxT100100-4-EX chipset has
been selected to support VDSL2 services
in Tellion's new solution for Multi-Tenant/
Multi-Dwelling Unit deployments. Tel-
lion, which supplies about a third of the
VDSL systems deployed by Korea Tele-
com, plans to make the new product available
in the first quarter of 2006.
Tellion previously designed Quadrature-Amplitude
Modulation (QAM)-
based VDSL solutions, but wanted to
add a standards-compliant solution with
good performance and port density,
along with the low power consumption.
QAM has been the standard, with over
30 vendors. Many are now transitioning
to upgraded technology.
Tellion's new product is designed to
extend access to interactive broadband
services by delivering 8/16/24-ports of up
to 100 Mbps symmetrical bandwidth in
a compact "pizza box" form factor. The
company expects to provide its new product
to MDU and MTU deployments in
Korea and Japan.
DVR Popularity Soars
From BBP Wires
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA - Digital
Video Recorders (DVRs) are poised to
leap into the living rooms, bedrooms
and TV rooms of more than a fifth of
U. S. television households by year-end
2008, according to new projections to
be released by The Carmel Group. Part
of a new DVR study entitled, "Digital
Video Recorders: Time In A Magical
Box," the work also includes a nationwide
survey of U.S. DVR users and
non-users, focused on their likes and
dislikes when it comes to DVRs and
related digital services.
Presently, The Carmel Group estimates
over 10 million U.S. DVR users.
The satellite TV industry continues to
claim the majority of DVR users, followed
by cable at about 42 percent, and
the remaining others at below 10 percent.
For cumulative DVR revenues,
the industry follows the same ranking,
with satellite TV generating more
than $750 million, followed by cable at
more than $400 million. By 2008, the
study projects the top four leaders in
the DVR industry will be Scientific Atlanta,
TiVo, Motorola and EchoStar's
DISH Network.
The Carmel Group's consumer survey
involves nearly 1,800 respondents,
hailing from all 50 states. Many new
niches and audience groups are yet to
be tapped by the DVR providers, the
survey notes, and the majority of new
users are acquiring DVRs free through
service providers, primarily because of
the DVR's ad-skipping technology and
ease of use. An additional part of the
survey looks at the consumer demand
for related digital services, such as
broadband, HDTV and the local delivery
of TV stations.
The Carmel Group's 2006 DVR
study, "Digital Video Recorders: Time
In A Magical Box," is available for purchase
on The Carmel Group's Website
(www.carmelgroup.com).
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North Kansas City Chooses
World Wide Packets for Gigabit Network
From BBP wires
Spokane Valley, WA - World Wide
Packets says its LightningEdge suite has
been selected for widespread deployment
in North Kansas City, Missouri to
provide the first Gigabit-to-the-Premise
broadband access solution. North Kansas
City will use the city's existing fiber-
optic network, in conjunction with new
construction, to create this benchmark
setting residential and businesses services
network.
Leveraging World Wide Packets' solutions
and innovations, the network will
provide Gigabit Ethernet over fiber delivery
to thousands of residential locations
and over 800 businesses. LightningEdge
is being deployed over two existing fiber-
optic rings, which were originally built
for the city's internal use. Additional
fiber-optic cable is being installed to
support these rings. North Kansas City
will operate this first of its kind network
to provide retail services such as e-mail,
basic high-speed Internet access, Storage
Area Networking and virus protection.
The Gigabit-to-the-Premise network is
expected to go live citywide this spring.
North Kansas City's populous business
community is driving bandwidth requirements,
which are expected to grow-
exponentially. "World Wide Packets is
extremely pleased to be providing North
Kansas City with the flexible, scalable solution
it needs to propel the city into the
21st century, " said Dave Curry, president
and CEO.
"The city realizes the importance of
bringing the latest technologies to the
community in order to generate economic
growth and a greater quality of life,
and World Wide Packets' proven Carrier
Ethernet solutions are allowing just that."
For more information on World Wide
Packets. For more information please visit
them at www.worldwidepackets.com.
St.. Paul - Capitol Sales Company is
now offering Coaxsys TVnet/C Pro
products, which enable custom integrators
to leverage a home's existing RG6
or RG59 coaxial cable for both cable
television and high-speed Ethernet.
This makes it easier for fiber carriers to
serve such homes, as customers and carriers
do not have to pay for structured
wiring to distribute high bandwidth.
Coaxsys launched its 100 Mbps Eth-
ernet-over-Coax networking solution
in October 2005.
The network is ideal for use in applications
when wireless networking
provides inadequate bandwidth or reliability;
or when CAT-5 rewiring takes
too long. TVnet/C Pro can be used to
connect home theatre components, media
servers, DVRs, video game consoles
and any other Ethernet device. It does
not disrupt CATV signals and is compatible
with both SD and HD video.
It operates in any topology, including
home-runs and daisy chains.
See www.capitolsales.com,
or www.coaxsys.com.
Capitol Sales to Distribute Coaxsys TVnet/C Pro Products
From BBP Wires
PacketFront in Troms Kraft Deployment
to Deliver Norway's First Open Access Triple Play
From BBP Wires .
Stockholm - Together with NetNordic,
a Norwegian company specializing in
network integration and triple play over
broadband networks, PacketFront will
deliver the first fiber-based open access
broadband network in Norway. The
contract is worth about $15 million over
three years.
PacketFront is working with utility
Troms Kraft to create an open access
FTTH infrastructure for content providers
such as Canal Digital and Viasat.
"Troms Kraft is striving to become a
ground-breaking utilities company," said
Knut Einar Olsen, Managing Director.
"We have now established a competitive
regional fiber-based network and hope
to reach up to 20,000 homes and 2,000
businesses within the next three years."
The key component in PacketFront's
broadband solution is the BECS control
and provisioning system. BECS makes it
possible for operators to build and run
fully automated broadband networks
with self-provisioning capabilities.
These capabilities give users the
option to choose services for themselves
without having to wait for a third party
to make the changes. PacketFront will
also provide its Access Switching Routers
(ASRs) to Troms Kraft.
For more information visit them at
www.packetfront. com
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Allied Telesyn Certified for Nortel DMS10 Call Server
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San Jose, CA - Allied Telesyn says
it has successfully completed interoperability
testing between its iMG600
family of intelligent Multiservice
Gateways and the Nortel DMS-10
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Rural carriers and independent operating
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data services over broadband fiber
connections. Popular for VoIP offerings,
the DMS-10 is the industry's
most widely deployed voice switch.
Allied Telesyn's Executive Vice
President of Marketing and Product
Development, Philip Yim, said "Our
certified interoperability with Nortel
will enable rural telephone companies
to introduce exciting new IP voice
video and data services with confidence."
Allied Telesyn offers a wide
array of iMG intelligent Multiservice
Gateways for ADSL and Fiber-To-The-
Home (FTTH) networks, available in
a variety of configurations and speeds.
The iMG600 family combines support
of IP Multicasting,
QoS capabilities and the bandwidth
capacity of fiber to deliver multiple
video streams, IP Telephony and
high-speed Internet access to subscribers.
Using iMGs and next-generation
FTTH or xDSL access infrastructure
such as Allied Telesyn's iMAP integrated
Multiservice Access Platform,
service providers are able to provide
their end-user customers with a wide
spectrum of converged services from a
single end-to-end system.
The Allied Telesyn and Nortel solution
is already deployed at Skyline
Telephone Membership Corporation,
which serves northwestern North Carolina
and eastern Tennessee (see page
60).
Skyline chose Allied Telesyn's iMAP
integrated Multiservice Access Platform
to upgrade its copper plant to a
hybrid fiber infrastructure. The new
100Mb FTTH delivery network will
support both active Ethernet and passive
GEPON protocols over Allied
Telesyn's 10 Gigabit transport to bring
high-quality voice, video and data to
more than 37,000 subscribers in the
Blue Ridge Mountains.
Skyline also is using two hardened
iMGs - the active Ethernet
iMG646BD-ON, and the passive GE-
PON iMG646PX-ON.
For more information visit them at
www.alliedtelesyn.com.
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