SUWANEE, Ga., Aug. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARRIS
(Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that Trinity Communications, a cable
operator based in South
Pittsburgh, TN, has launched digital voice, video and
high-speed data triple play service through an ARRIS FTTMax RF over
Glass (RFoG) all fiber network to Marion and Sequatchie County, TN.
Major components of the RFoG deployment include the ARRIS
CORWave II multi wavelength forward transmitters, FTTMax RFoG
Optical Network Units (ONU) at the customer premises, and the
TransMax RFoG Repeater for Optical Amplification of RFoG
wavelengths. When completed, the deployment will offer triple play
services to approximately 3,000 homes and businesses, spanning over
200 miles of fiber optic plant.
RFOG is a cost-effective way to supply DOCSIS-based triple play
services over an all fiber network to businesses, community hubs
and residences in low-density areas due to the reduced outside
plant maintenance and lower power consumption. It also provides a
foundation for future technologies such as EPON. RFoG combines the
best of RF and passive optical network (PON) technologies, enabling
cable operators to use their existing headend infrastructure,
current provisioning systems and CPE devices.
"We selected the ARRIS CORWave and RFoG solutions because of
their proven reliability, and to meet our capital and
operational budgetary needs," said Trinity Communications President
James Gee. "In our system,
population density is low and spread out so the RFoG cost model and
return on investment is very attractive to us. Once the
backbone is in place, we can simply drop a fiber to the residential
or small business customer, install the RFoG ONU and they're
set."
"We are very pleased to be working with Jim Gee and his great team at Trinity
Communications," said ARRIS Access and Transport VP of Product
Management Larry Richards. "Operators of any size can depend
on ARRIS for converged voice, video and data solutions using high
speed optical transmission solutions."
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing
in the design, engineering and supply of technology that supports
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.
SOURCE ARRIS
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