ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager Provisions One-Millionth Subscriber at Cox Communications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BroadBand Plus 2002 MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2002 Cox's Systems Nationwide Depend on FastFlow BPM to Manage Rapid Growth of Broadband Data Networks ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.adc.com) today announced that its FastFlow(TM) Broadband Provisioning Manager (BPM) has now provisioned more than one million Cox(R) High Speed Internet(SM) subscribers. The milestone comes as Cox is nearing the final stages of its nationwide rollout of FastFlow BPM, a carrier-class provisioning solution that automates the configuration and activation of cable modems and media terminal adapters (MTAs) for delivering advanced services such as tiered data services and PacketCable compliant VoIP. "When Cox chose ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager, we believed it to be the most scalable, reliable and cost-effective solution to help us rapidly transition our high-speed data customers from the @Home network," said Veenod Kurup, director of data OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. for Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. . "Now, as we near full deployment across our systems nationwide, we are extremely satisfied with our decision to deploy FastFlow BPM. As we have reached this important milestone together, Cox is completely confident that our investment in ADC and FastFlow BPM will continue to easily scale as we aggressively work together to add the next one million subscribers and beyond." "We are very happy to have supported Cox in reaching this milestone," said Hilton Nicholson, president of the IP Cable Business Unit for ADC. "Provisioning one million high speed data subscribers is a solid achievement, and shows that FastFlow BPM can scale to meet the needs of large MSOs. And when MSOs begin deploying advanced services such as PacketCable VoIP and CableHome-based in home networks, ADC and FastFlow BPM will meet their provisioning needs." FastFlow BPM supports DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS 1.0/1.1 and PacketCable/EuroPacketCable network standards, helping operators offer new revenue-generating services to subscribers such as tiered-data and VoIP services. In support of these new advanced services, FastFlow BPM's high-availability, redundant, and multi-threaded design meets the reliability and performance requirements of mission-critical communications and minimizes downtime events that hamper service delivery and revenue. FastFlow BPM's dynamic configuration file generator has been optimized to simplify the cross-vendor, cross-platform configuration management requirements of an MSO (1) (Multiple System Operator) Typically refers to a cable TV organization that owns more than one cable system, but it may refer to an operator of only one system. with minimal impact on the rate at which cable modems and MTAs are provisioned. FastFlow BPM supports all DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS-compliant CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. systems, including ADC's Cuda 12000 IP Access Switch, and allows for easy integration with an operator's existing service management and service assurance solutions. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC offers high-quality, value-added solutions of network equipment, software and systems integration services that enable communications service providers A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. to deliver high-speed Internet See broadband. , data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) has sales into nearly 100 countries. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a communications company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. History In 1935, Ralph Allison founded ADC Telecommunications in the basement of his south Minneapolis home, inventing ADC's very , Inc. at www.adc.com. |
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