ADTRAN Announces Fully-Managed, Cloud-Based CAF Performance Test Solution
August 19 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
No touch turnkey service simplifies and
streamlines FCC compliance for network operators
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of
next-generation open networking and subscriber experience
solutions, today announced its fully-managed, cloud-based
performance test solution, purpose-built to streamline data
collection and reporting for network operators that utilize the
Connect America Fund (CAF) program. Recipients of these Federal
broadband subsidies will be required to submit testing results as
part of their annual compliance in the first quarter of 2020.
Carriers that do not comply with the FCC speed and latency
requirements will be subject to a reduction in support,
commensurate with their level of noncompliance. In addition,
providers will be subject to audit of all testing data.
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To help ensure that the funds allocated are used for broadband
service delivery in rural areas, the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) has adopted Performance Monitoring and Measurement
requirements to ensure greater accountability for recipients of
Connect America Fund (CAF) high-cost universal service support,
including price cap carriers, rate-of-return carriers, rural
broadband experiment (RBE) support recipients, Alaska Plan
carriers, and CAF Phase II auction winners.
This new service is an expansion of the ADTRAN CAF performance
testing solution announced earlier this year. Since February, more
than 30 CAF recipients have chosen ADTRAN’s network performance
testing solution to comply with FCC reporting requirements.
“We developed this one-stop, fully-managed subscription service
to give our customers peace-of-mind by offering a turnkey option
that off-loads the entire testing process, so they can focus on
what they do best—providing a superior subscriber experience,”
ADTRAN Services Portfolio Manager Derek Foster said. “We know there
is still some uncertainty with the FCC, which causes concern for
our customers and that’s why we developed a simple and affordable
compliance service.”
The FCC framework for CAF Performance Monitoring and Measurement
includes measurements to be conducted over a minimum of two
consecutive weeks during peak hours for at least 50 randomly
selected customer locations within the census blocks of each state
for which the provider is receiving model-based support.
Alternatively, service providers may deploy at least 50 white boxes
to customers within the CAF Phase II-funded areas within each state
and certify that 95 percent or more of the measurements taken
quarterly during peak periods for a period of two weeks were at or
below 100 milliseconds. The service provider is responsible for the
hardware and administrative costs of this testing.
The ADTRAN managed testing solution takes care of each aspect of
FCC compliance from initiating the test to collecting data to
report creation and submission to the FCC in the format needed. It
removes the administration burden related to CAF test compliance
and utilizes the ADTRAN Speed Test Server Network as a cloud-based,
managed service. The solution includes the SmartRG Device Manager
Software to serve as the test controller and the SmartRG Gateways
as the test clients and is available across the entire SmartRG
portfolio of gateways.
By leveraging ADTRAN’s solution, carriers are able to deploy a
purpose-built, open and flexible solution that leverages existing
hardware, removes testing of unmanaged LAN segments, reduces
privacy concerns for end customers and eliminates the unsightly
white boxes used during the testing period. The solution delivers
the added benefit that, once deployed, provides ongoing value by
delivering network performance metrics and measurements that can
help the operator better understand network performance over
time.
About ADTRAN
At ADTRAN, Inc., we believe amazing things happen when people
connect. From the cloud edge to the subscriber edge, we help
communications service providers around the world manage and scale
services that connect people, places and things to advance human
progress. Whether rural or urban, domestic or international, telco
or cable, enterprise or residential—ADTRAN solutions optimize
existing technology infrastructures and create new, multi-gigabit
platforms that leverage cloud economics, data analytics, machine
learning and open ecosystems—the future of global networking. Find
more at ADTRAN, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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