West Kentucky and Tennessee Telecommunications Cooperative (WK&T) Deploys Clearfield for Its FTTH Project
November 21 2011 - 9:00AM
Clearfield, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLFD), the specialist in
fiber management and connectivity platforms for communications
providers, today announced that West Kentucky and Tennessee
Telecommunications Cooperative (WK&T) is deploying its
FieldSmart platform for fiber management and protection needs in
the central office of its extensive Fiber to the Home build. The
funds for WK&T's $123.8 million investment in fiber come from
loans plus grant money awarded through the Broadband Initiatives
Program of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. WK&T is
the largest stimulus-funded project in the country focused on
wireline services. This will allow WK&T to offer advanced
telecommunications services over fiber to 21,000 homes and
businesses across the company's 9-county service area in west
Kentucky and northwest Tennessee. Construction has begun on three
of the 22 exchanges within the serving area with completion
scheduled within the next three years.
"We conducted a thorough and stringent process of selecting
partners for the stimulus award at west Kentucky. Clearfield's
dedication to superior functionality and technology at a fair price
were the prime factors in our selection," commented Ray Cantrell,
CTO of WK&T. "Not only do the panel systems allow us the
flexibility to deploy in multiple environments, but the cassettes
offer many different features that we feel are an added
value."
"We have had the pleasure of working with the staff at WK&T
for a number of years," said Johnny Hill, vice president and COO of
Clearfield. "Their dedication to excellence is apparent in
everything they do and this network, when complete, will be a
stellar example of what broadband can provide to rural economies
across our country."
Cantrell concluded, "I would be remiss if I didn't mention
support. Clearfield leads the industry in their consultative
approach to problem solving."
About Clearfield, Inc.
Clearfield, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLFD) designs, manufactures and
distributes fiber optic management products for the communications
networks of leading ILECS, CLECs, MSO/cable TV companies and mobile
broadband providers. We help service providers solve the Fiber
Puzzle, which is how to reduce high costs associated with
deploying, managing, protecting and scaling a fiber optic network
to deliver the mobile, residential and business services customers
want. Based on the patented Clearview™ Cassette, our unique
single-architected, modular fiber management platform is designed
to lower the cost of broadband deployment and maintenance by
consolidating, protecting and distributing incoming and outgoing
fiber circuits and enable our customers to scale their operations
as their subscriber revenues increase. Headquartered in Plymouth,
MN, Clearfield deploys millions of fiber ports each year throughout
North America.
CONTACT: Christy Kemp
Calysto Communications
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