ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN) says it has created a joint development project with the National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) that will result in the integration of NISC’s iVUE Connect software applications to ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 (TA5000) fixed fiber broadband platform. The collaboration is designed to enable rural utility and telecom operators to improve the operation of their broadband access networks.
NISC is an information technology company that develops and supports software and hardware for its member-owners, who are primarily utility cooperatives and telecommunications companies across the U.S. iVUE Connect is a customer service platform that also serves as what NISC describes as “a unified solution that provides telecommunication services like triple play and auto-provisioning while also supporting the needs of the contemporary utility.” Combining iVUE Connect with the TA5000 provides operators whose networks use the ADTRAN platform with enhanced provisioning and problem resolution capabilities, the company say.
“Providing reliable and efficient broadband service is core to our members’ businesses and having effective solutions to back up and enhance their services is just as important,” explained Ryan Larson, senior product strategy and marketing manager at NISC. “Many of our customers leverage ADTRAN to deliver those bandwidth-rich services, so it is critical that we’re able to seamlessly work together to enable our members to optimize fiber broadband operations.”
“We have a longstanding relationship with NISC that we continue to evolve so that telecoms and especially co-op owned utilities can deploy fiber and connect customers as fast as possible, with minimal headaches and efficient work flows,” said Craig Stein, vice president of sales for Americas and head of global business development at ADTRAN. “This partnership is enabling crucial high-bandwidth services that will bring new revenue opportunities to utilities and telecom service providers while supporting new broadband applications—like connected healthcare and education—and encouraging economic development across rural America.”
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