SUWANEE, Ga., April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS
(Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that it has received US Department
of Agriculture (USDA) RUS Acceptance for its DOCSIS® 3.0 C4® CMTS
and Touchstone® Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) suite of devices,
as well as its Segmentable Hybrid Fiber Coax infrastructure
platform. Cable operators who have been granted USDA Rural
Utility Service (RUS) grants to wire un-served or under-served
rural areas for broadband can now implement their plans using ARRIS
RUS-accepted products and solutions. The ARRIS C4 CMTS, along
with the Touchstone E-MTAs and modems, create a new DOCSIS 3.0
category of RUS-accepted equipment.
"ARRIS is the first equipment manufacturer to have a DOCSIS 3.0
standard solution accepted by the USDA RUS," said Liz Zucco, President of MarketSYS USA, Inc.
"Companies planning on using funds from the USDA RUS
Broadband Loan Program must consult the USDA's 'List of Acceptable
Materials' and select equipment from Buy American companies, like
ARRIS, whose solutions have been RUS-accepted."
The following ARRIS Broadband Business and Residential Voice
& High Speed Data solutions are now RUS accepted and available
for purchase from ARRIS:
- The ARRIS DOCSIS 3.0 C4 CMTS platform
- Touchstone DOCSIS 3.0 Customer Premises Equipment (Wideband
voice and data )
- The ARRIS Segmentable HFC Solution, which includes:
- CHP CORView™ Software, Transmitters and Receivers
- Other CHP Transmitters and Receivers
- Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifiers, optical passives couplers and
splitters
- Opti Max™ strand mount and cabinet-styIe nodes
- Flex Max™ Line extenders, Bridgers, and Trunk Amplifiers
- ARRIS line of Regal® Multi- Taps, Line Passives, and Line
Splitters
- RF Communications Drop and Bypass Amplifiers
- Digicon® Drop Connectors, Compression Tools and Installation
Accessories
All of these products will appear in the updated RUS "List of
Acceptable Materials".
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
reliable telephony, demand driven video, next-generation
advertising and high-speed data services. ARRIS products expand and
help grow network capacity with access and outside plant
construction equipment, reliably deliver voice, video and data
services and assure optimal service delivery for end customers.
Headquartered in Suwanee, GA, USA,
ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta; 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.
SOURCE ARRIS