SUWANEE, Ga., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS
(Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced the expansion of its broadband
wireless solutions portfolio for cable service providers. The
announcement is the result of a global Reseller agreement that
ARRIS has entered in to with wireless solutions provider Ruckus
Wireless to market its portfolio of Wi-Fi products. The
agreement calls for ARRIS to become a worldwide channel to market
for the combined portfolio of indoor and outdoor wireless
solutions.
"We are pleased to enter this relationship with Ruckus Wireless
which will enable us to offer both indoor and outdoor wireless
access solutions to the marketplace," said ARRIS VP/GM, Supplies
Division Bob Puccini. "With this expanded portfolio we can
now provide proven and robust wireless solutions to address the
mobile wireless marketplace within the cable service provider
space."
"With the growing demand for wireless data services and
broadband coverage, cable operators represent a significant new
market opportunity for Wi-Fi, and ARRIS has long held a leadership
position in this market," said Bart
Burstein, Vice President Product Management and Business
Development for Ruckus. "Our carrier-class Wi-Fi products and
technology are the ideal complement to the existing ARRIS
portfolio. This combination is now backed by the highly
regarded ARRIS sales and service organizations, with an unmatched
experience in providing solutions to the global cable service
provider market."
The new ARRIS Wi-Fi portfolio brings several significant
operational and cost benefits to customers, including adaptive
Wi-Fi that automatically optimizes in noisy environments, extended
signal range with more consistent performance over longer
distances, and simplified configuration and installation.
These benefits are enabled through:
- Adaptive Antenna technology, which increases signal strength
and mitigates noise to improve throughput, decrease interruptions
to video streaming, reduce latency and enhance connectivity in
interference-laden environments.
- SmartCast technology, which intelligently identifies and
prioritizes multimedia transmissions at the access point.
Specialized schedulers automatically prioritize traffic into
separate queues on a per client basis. This ensures that
packets are transmitted within their delay/jitter tolerance,
resulting in significant improvements in the quality of video
streaming.
- SmartMesh technology, a self provisioning and self-healing
non-line-of-sight mesh backhaul solution calculates the most
efficient backhaul paths between access points, automatically
configuring and provisioning the mesh network.
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 Ruckus Wireless
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Ruckus Wireless is a supplier
of advanced wireless systems for the mobile Internetworking market.
The company markets and manufactures a wide range of indoor and
outdoor "Smart Wi-Fi" products for mobile operators, broadband
service providers and corporate enterprises around the world. Since
2006, the company has realized record revenue and shipments with a
CAGR of over 119% percent. Ruckus invented, and has patented,
state-of-the-art wireless technology that steers Wi-Fi signals
around obstacles and interference. This unique capability extends
signal range and ensures consistent reliable distribution of
delay-sensitive multimedia content and services over standard
802.11 Wi-Fi. The company has shipped over 2 million Smart Wi-Fi
systems around the world and has raised $51
million in funding. For more information, visit Ruckus
Wireless at http://www.ruckuswireless.com.
SOURCE ARRIS