ADTRAN Partners with Talkie Communications on 100% Fiber-Optic Network to Connect Rural Maryland
September 24 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New all-fiber 10G future-proof network provides
residents along the Eastern Shore high speed internet and drives
economic development
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading
provider of next-generation open networking and subscriber
experience solutions, today announced its work to help Talkie
Communications build an all-fiber, 10G communications backbone
along the Eastern Shore of Maryland to connect underserved
communities and drive overall economic development in the
region.
“We are rolling out multi-gigabit services right now in Kent
County, where it’s mostly farmers and residents who had no choice
before and now have access to the best and most affordable internet
thanks to ADTRAN’s 10G XGS-PON fiber solution,” Talkie
Communications President André DeMattia said. “Fiber is going to
change people’s lives on the Eastern Shore—not only allowing them
to live, work and learn better but will also help one of the oldest
colleges in America, our regional hospital and local government
efforts to attract data center business, which isn’t possible
without fiber.”
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan recently announced the first wave
of a 5-year, nearly $100 million plan to accelerate this kind of
infrastructure investment to connect hundreds of thousands of
residents by 2023.
“It’s exciting to be a part of these kind of important
community-based economic development efforts to improve lives and
spark a world of possibilities,” ADTRAN Regional Vice President
Mark Ogden said. “We see it all over the world—fiber transforms
communities and all of us at ADTRAN are proud to support companies
like Talkie Communications in making a real difference by building
tomorrow’s networks today.”
DeMattia and his twin brother Andrew created Talkie
Communications in 2012, following more than a decade working for a
large U.S.-based telecommunications operator. After Kent County,
the next priority for Talkie is to provide services to neighboring
counties, reaching into the rural areas east of Baltimore and
Annapolis with the same high-quality internet found in the more
urban areas of the state.
Earlier this year, the website HighSpeedInternet.com ranked
Maryland as having the fastest internet speed in the U.S. Talkie’s
work aligns with Governor Hogan’s priorities “to provide high-speed
internet to every county in the state.”
About Talkie
Talkie Communications believes in giving the customer the best
experience possible for the best price. This includes quality
products and great customer service and utilizes the newest
technology to give us a competitive advantage with internet speeds
up to 10 gigabits per second. Learn more at talkiefiber.com.
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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