SUWANEE, Ga., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS (Nasdaq:
ARRS) announced today that it has extended its long-standing
relationship with the National Cable Television Cooperative (NCTC)
to supply NCTC MSO members with end-to-end broadband access
solution components. Under the agreement, ARRIS will also be
the exclusive supplier, through the NCTC, of select customer
premise E-MTA equipment. NCTC is comprised of 1,000 member
companies, serving over 26.7 million households in the United States.
"We are pleased to announce this new purchase agreement with
ARRIS," said Richard Frey, NCTC VP
and GM, Hardware. "Our membership has a long history of
successfully deploying ARRIS solutions in their systems and this
new agreement will offer them competitive pricing and ARRIS' highly
regarded after-sales support to better plan any upgrades or
green-field network extensions."
"Over the years, as the NCTC has grown in size and membership,
it has become one of our key accounts," noted ARRIS SVP Sales Tim
Gropp. "NCTC enables independent operators in smaller markets
to provide their customers with the same level of service and
features as their counterparts in much larger, urban
telecommunications environments. ARRIS is honored to continue
being a trusted provider to NCTC and to have been singled out in
the E-MTA category as an exclusive provider."
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing
in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting
triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and
business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband
operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver
carrier-grade telephony, network video processing, whole home
video, demand driven video, next-generation advertising, network
and workforce management solutions, access and transport
architectures and ultra high-speed data services. Headquartered in
Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has
R&D centers in Suwanee;
Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State
College, PA; Wallingford,
CT; Waltham, MA;
Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and
sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS
products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com.
About NCTC
The National Cable Television Cooperative, Inc. (NCTC) is a
Kansas not-for-profit corporation
that operates as a programming and hardware purchasing organization
for nearly 1,000 member companies who own and operate cable systems
throughout the United States and
its territories. 17 of the top 20 cable operators in the U.S. are
NCTC members, who collectively serve over 26.7 million cable
subscribers. NCTC is located in Lenexa,
Kansas.
SOURCE ARRIS