VTel Deploys Clearfield for Vermont-Based FTTH Build
March 14 2012 - 10:00AM
Clearfield, Inc (Nasdaq:CLFD) today announced that Broadband
Stimulus awardee Vermont Telephone Company (VTel) has started
deploying its FieldSmart fiber management platform to VTel's more
than 15,000 customers throughout its service area in southern
Vermont. VTel was awarded federal American Reinvestment and
Recovery Act funding for its Wireless Open World (WOW) network to
extend fiber to every home and business in the VTel service area
and roll out 4G/LTE high speed, wireless broadband services
throughout Vermont.
"Clearfield is an innovative provider of fiber management
solutions," said Justin Robinson, president of VTel. "VTel selected
the FieldSmart fiber platform, because of their expertise in
consolidating, protecting, and distributing fiber not only in
metropolitan communities, but also, and importantly, in rural
markets."
VTel is delivering on its promise of bringing broadband, over
both fiber and wireless technologies, to many of Vermont's unserved
and underserved homes and businesses.
"At Clearfield, we recognize that each broadband service
provider has a unique requirement due to the topology of their
networks, the demands of their subscriber community and the overall
competitive landscape in which they operate," commented Cheri
Beranek, president and CEO of Clearfield. "Over the last year,
Clearfield's sales and engineering staff has been consulting with
the technical staff at VTel to ensure we designed the optimum
configuration for their requirements. We look forward to continuing
our collaboration as the build initiatives continue."
About Clearfield
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.
About VTel
VTel is a family-owned telephone company whose network began
serving rural Vermont in 1890. It operates a four-state optical
fiber network from Vermont with connections to New York City,
Boston, and Montreal, with speeds of 1 Gig to 100 Gig, serving some
of the most intensive data users in the northeast. VTel is also one
of the largest owners of FCC wireless licenses in Vermont, New
Hampshire and upstate New York, and is working with Vermont's
largest public utilities to use 700 MHz to deploy statewide Smart
Grid throughout Vermont. For more information, visit
www.vermontel.com.
CONTACT: Clearfield PR Contact
Christy Kemp
Calysto Communications
Tel: + 1 404 266 2060 x539
ckemp@calysto.com
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