ADC FTTX platform picked by northern MN ILEC
June 28, 2005 Minneapolis, MN-- As part of a competitive build-out scheduled to begin this summer, Consolidated Telecommunications Company (CTC) of northern Minnesota is deploying ADC's OmniReach FTTX platform as the basis for providing the ILEC's customers with all-fiber VoIP, IPTV, and high-speed data services.
CTC's FTTX deployment includes the company's OmniReach Fiber Access Terminals and Fiber Distribution Terminals. The company says its OmniReach platform is designed to deliver fiber to both single-family homes, as well as to multiple dwelling units. The company says the platform's fiber access terminals provide physical protection, reliability, and superior fiber management in an aesthetically appealing enclosure.
For the passive optical network, the ILEC will deploy the company's Fiber Distribution Terminals for centralization of splitters in the field. According to the company, these outside plant terminals are designed specifically for FTTX applications with features that directly impact the reliability, functionality, and operational cost of a network. Such features include 1x32 splitters with strain relief for output pigtails and connector and splicing options for input fiber.
CTC is a cooperative with 10,000 access lines surrounding Brainerd, MN. The cooperative's ILEC customers currently receive advanced calling features, high-speed Internet access, and newly launched digital video services. Last summer, after constructing a publicly financed fiber backbone to serve Brainerd-area schools, CTC was given irrevocable rights to use part of the trunk's capacity for its own competitive service offering. The CLEC deployment, enabled by the ADC platform, starts this summer with the cities of Brainerd and Baxter. The co-op's goal is to have its entire 100 square-mile overbuild completed by 2008.
"We are committed to providing our customers with the latest telecommunications, the highest quality of service, and at the lowest possible cost," concludes Bill Stroot, director of operations for CTC. "ADC's OmniReach FTTX solutions are designed for operational efficiency and scalability, and are a key enabling platform for our successful FTTX deployment."