Actelis Networks Releases Newest Member of Its MetaLIGHT Metro Product Family.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 Actelis' MetaLIGHT 100L Provides Service Providers with Ability to Quickly and Cost-Effectively Offer Small Businesses High-Speed Ethernet Services over Copper Actelis Networks(R), a leading supplier of solutions that enable profitable, carrier-grade broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. over local loop copper, today announced the availability of its MetaLIGHT(R) 100L. An addition to its MetaLIGHT metro product family, the MetaLIGHT 100L allows service providers to offer small businesses high-speed Ethernet services without drastically increasing their costs on infrastructure or deployment costs, such as fiber trenching, and dramatically reducing the time to service. Based on Actelis' patented MetaLOOP(TM) technology, the MetaLIGHT 100L system provides high-speed, fiber-quality Ethernet services over the existing copper plant. The MetaLIGHT 100L is designed to allow service providers to address the small business market and complements Actelis' higher capacity MetaLIGHT metro products. A four copper-pair solution, the MetaLIGHT 100L allows service providers to offer small businesses between 1 to 17 Mbps Ethernet services. If a service provider's customer outgrows the MetaLIGHT 100L bandwidth capabilities, they can simply and cost-effectively upgrade the product to Actelis' MetaLIGHT 100E which provides up to 67 Mbps of Ethernet services over the existing copper plant. An Ethernet in the First Mile Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), also known as IEEE 802.3ah, is a collection of protocols specified in IEEE 802.3, defining the Ethernet in the Access networks, i.e. First/Last Mile. (EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) Using Ethernet to provide connectivity from the customer to the carrier. See 802.3ah. ) ready solution, the MetaLIGHT 100L offers many of the same features and benefits of Actelis' award-winning MetaLIGHT product family. MetaLIGHT 100L is simple to deploy without the need for loop pre-qualification. It provides far superior rate, reach and reliability compared to other products on the market and allows service providers to maximize the available revenue from customers throughout the Carrier Serving Area (CSA (1) (Canadian Standards Association, Toronto, Ontario, www.csa.ca) A standards-defining organization founded in 1919. It is involved in many industries, including electronics, communications and information technology. ) and beyond. "Service providers are seeing increased demand from small businesses for broadband services," said Thomas P. Reynolds, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, sales and customer support, Actelis Networks. "The entry point for a large segment of this market is below 10 Mbps, and to date, it has been under-served by DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary and IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association, Annapolis, MD) An earlier trade association founded in 1988 originally as the Interactive Video Industry Association. It provided an open process for adopting existing technologies and was involved in subjects such as networked services, scripting solutions. Actelis' commitment to this market will allow our customers to support multiple applications such as high-speed Internet See broadband. access, broadcast quality video and voice over IP cost-effectively to a much broader customer base. The carrier-grade MetaLIGHT 100L system allows service providers to significantly drive down the cost to provide broadband services and deliver dramatic improvements in profits and customer satisfaction." "The majority of enterprise sites are being blocked by a 1.5 Mbps bandwidth ceiling," said Michael Kennedy
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (February 27, 1958 – December 31, 1997), was the sixth of eleven children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. , co-founder and managing partner of Network Strategy Partners. "With the release of the MetaLIGHT 100L, service providers can provide bandwidth relief in the 2 - 10 Mbps range at affordable prices while boosting their own private line margins by 50% or more." About Actelis Networks Actelis Networks is a leading supplier of solutions that enable telecom operators to generate carrier-grade new broadband service revenues using existing local loop copper. With the superior rate, reach and reliability of Actelis' award-winning MetaLOOP technology, carriers can deliver high bandwidth symmetric services to their customers without further infrastructure investments. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Actelis Networks is backed by preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae telecom investors, including New Enterprise Associates, The Walden International Investment Group, U.S. Venture Partners and The Carlyle Group  The of this article or section may be compromised by "weasel words".You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. . Actelis is shipping generally available products to customers throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , as well as in Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit the corporate website at www.actelis.com. Note to Editors: Actelis Networks and MetaLIGHT are registered trademarks of Actelis Networks, Inc. MetaLOOP is a trademark of Actelis Networks, Inc. One or more U.S. and foreign patents pending cover the product described above. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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