JUNE 25, 2008 -- Aurora Networks (search for Aurora Networks) says that its Fiber Deep products are being deployed by Vidéotron Ltd. as the Canadian carrier rolls out the next generation of its network architecture. The network will be deployed throughout greater Montréal, passing 1.8 million homes.

Vidéotron, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, Internet access services, cable telephony, and wireless telephone service. As of March 31, 2008, Vidéotron was serving 1,652,200 cable television customers in Québec, including 802,800 digital TV subscribers. Vidéotron also has 965,300 subscribers for its cable modem service.

"We were looking for an optical transport partner who could deliver a high-value, cost-effective next-generation network architecture in a timely manner," said Daniel Proulx, senior vice president, engineering, Vidéotron. "Armed with an extensive product tool box, Aurora was able to achieve our goals with a Fiber Deep architecture which provides the platform to launch tomorrow's evolving bandwidth-hungry products. Coupled with their service and support offering, Aurora was the logical choice for this project."

Aurora's products are designed to enable MSOs to cost-effectively realize both the network capacity and operational savings associated with a Fiber Deep deployment. By eliminating RF actives from the network, operators will typically halve their power costs and quarter their operational costs while gaining a ten-fold increase in narrowcast bandwidth per home, the vendor says.

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