SUWANEE, Ga., Feb. 2, 2011 /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 members with end-to-end broadband
access solutions through 2011. Under the agreement, ARRIS will be
the exclusive supplier, through NCTC, of an expanded line of
customer premises E-MTA equipment. NCTC is comprised of 950 member
companies, serving over 26.7 million households in the United States.
"We are very pleased to announce the extension of our purchase
agreement with ARRIS," said Richard
Frey, NCTC VP and GM, Hardware. "Our membership has been
successfully deploying ARRIS solutions in their systems for years
and this new agreement provides members with more competitive
prices on select E-MTAs and continues to provide members with
ARRIS' highly regarded after-sales support, as they roll out
carrier grade voice, video and high speed data service to their
growing customer base."
"We are honored to have again been selected by the NCTC to
supply them with our video, voice and data solutions, as well as to
have been designated their exclusive E-MTA provider on selected
models," said ARRIS SVP Sales Tim Gropp. "NCTC enables independent
operators to provide their customers with the same level of service
and features as their counterparts in markets served by larger
MSOs. We look forward to continuing to supply NCTC membership with
the products and expertise they need to offer their customers
world-class service."
For more information, visit: www.arrisi.com/get/touchstone.
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 950 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