Ribbon Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: RBBN) says it has supplied its Apollo optical transport and Neptune IP routing systems to Dakota Central. The North Dakota based independent operating company (IOC) is using the IP and optical systems to increase the capacity of its network, enabling Dakota Central to provide enhanced broadband services and support new offering such as 5G mobile backhaul.
The ROADM-based upgrade not only provides additional fiber network capacity, which Ribbon says can be added easily between hubs, but also aids service delivery, the creation of traffic profiles, and network configuration in the face of a network failure.
“We had exhausted the capacity of our old network and were in need of a proven solution that would easily scale and allow us to deliver next generation communications services,” commented John Cunningham, chief network officer at Dakota Central. “Ribbon’s IP Optical solutions provided us with the additional bandwidth we needed, and the ability to easily scale up to 200 gigabits, which allows us to deliver our customers faster broadband and gives us the ability to now offer 5G backhaul services.”
“Dakota Central has been a long-time Ribbon customer, having deployed our Call Control and Session Border Controller products, so we are delighted that they have entrusted us to upgrade their broadband network with our IP Optical portfolio,” added Elizabeth Page, U.S. rural market director for Ribbon. “After a very competitive process, they saw the numerous benefits Ribbon offered over the competition such as the ability to quickly turn up new services, enhanced traffic management capabilities and improved network monitoring and fault management of the IP transport and optical layers through a single pane of glass.”
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