SEPTEMBER 14, 2006 -- NKTELCO Inc., an Ohio-based broadband provider with currently 3,000 customers, has selected the Trident7 Optical Access Platform from Wave7 Optics Inc. (search for Wave7 Optics) for a new FTTP network in the town of Botkins, OH. Slated to begin service in October 2006, the Botkins network represents an expansion of NKTELCO Inc.'s FTTP operations in central Ohio, established two years ago with the installation of Wave7's Last Mile Link (LML) equipment. NKTELCO's network currently offers high-speed data, VOIP, and video services to more than 1,000 residential and business customers in Ft. Loramie, OH.
Similar to the Ft. Loramie operations, NKTELCO Inc. plans to provide residential subscribers in Botkins with 200 video channels or RF or IPTV, including HDTV, up to five traditional or VOIP telephone lines, and very high-speed Internet services. Business customers will receive the same services, with the addition of 10/100 Ethernet Base-T and similar "business class" connections.
"Based on our success to date with the Last Mile Link and a thorough evaluation of our needs going forward, we have complete confidence in the Trident7, which is truly innovative in terms of technical superiority, deployment flexibility, initial capital outlay, scalability, and operational costs," said Preston Meyer, general manager of NKTELCO Inc. "The Trident7's EPON configuration will mesh perfectly with our Ethernet infrastructure."
"New Knoxville is yet another example of how service providers are deploying state-of-the-art FTTP networks for prices and value that compare favorably to other forms of broadband networks," said Emmanuel Vella, chief marketing officer of Wave7 Optics. "Moreover, the Trident7 gives them so much more in terms of network intelligence, quality of service and virtually unlimited capacity for today's and tomorrow's services."
The Trident7 delivers standards-based EPON (search for EPON) and GPON (search for GPON) technologies in the same platform, which allows service providers to cost-effectively deliver a much broader array of services, as compared to other access network technologies.
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