SUWANEE, Ga., Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS
International plc (NASDAQ: ARRS) today announced the General
Availability of its second generation (Gen 2) of active modules for
the industry's leading CCAP™ platform—its E6000® Converged Edge
Router (CER). Gen 2 allows service providers around the world to
upgrade the existing E6000 Integrated CCAP (I-CCAP) chassis and
unlock Remote PHY capabilities, while enabling new revenue and
cost-saving opportunities. The E6000 Gen 2 upgrade consists of the
Downstream Cable Access Module 2 (DCAM-2), the Upstream Cable
Access Module 2 (UCAM-2), and the Router System Module 2
(RSM-2).
As customers demand constant connectivity, service providers are
seeking innovative ways to meet the growing bandwidth,
infrastructure, and efficiency requirements placed on their
networks. To address this, the ARRIS E6000 Gen 2 modules
significantly increase the number of service groups and related
channels—over time and without consuming more rack space. This
allows an operator to immediately deliver more IP video and
higher-speed broadband services. The Gen 2 modules increase the
service group density of E6000 deployments by more than 70 percent
today.
Experts predict bandwidth consumption to rise an additional 50
percent over the next year, with increasing consumer demand. The
new ARRIS modules will be software-upgradable for further channel
density increases over time—using the same hardware and rack space
footprint. In addition, service providers can transition with the
E6000 Gen 2 modules to a Remote PHY Distributed Access
Architecture, for an additional 3-fold density increase over the
current generation. This lays the foundation to deploy Distributed
Access Architectures and Remote PHY capabilities while leveraging
the existing hardware investment.
"The E6000 Gen 2 modules realize the potential of
next-generation services and make it easier for providers and
customers to seamlessly transition to Gigabit broadband and IP
video services," said Dan Whalen,
ARRIS President, Network & Cloud. "This upgrade dramatically
increases the capacity of our market-leading E6000 CER as consumer
demand for streaming high-bandwidth content continues to grow."
The Gen 2 introduction follows a successful field soak with a
variety of key ARRIS customers of all sizes across the world.
"Comcast is leading the way in Gigabit services with our
wide-scale deployment of DOCSIS 3.1. The ARRIS Gen 2 modules
support our objective of efficiently expanding these popular
services," says Dr. Robert Howald,
Vice President, Network Architecture, Comcast Cable. "The
flexibility to be upgradeable to Distributed Access Architecture
makes for a compelling addition to the E6000 platform."
ARRIS will demonstrate the dramatic density increases of the new
Gen 2 modules and its E6000 Converged Edge Router at SCTE/ISBE
Cable-Tec Expo 2017, October 18-20,
2017 in Denver. Demos will
be available on-site to illustrate first-hand how the E6000 Gen 2
modules increase service groups by more than 70 percent. Find ARRIS
at booth #1595.
About ARRIS
ARRIS International plc. (NASDAQ: ARRS) is a world leader in
entertainment and communications technology. Our innovations
combine hardware, software, and services across the cloud, network,
and home to power TV and internet for millions of people around the
globe. The people of ARRIS collaborate with the world's top service
providers, content providers, and retailers to advance the state of
our industry and pioneer tomorrow's connected world. For more
information, visit www.arris.com.
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