Adelphia Communications Selects ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager for its Nationwide Network.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003 FastFlow BPM Increases its Share of the U.S. Cable Modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. Provisioning Market to More Than 20% 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 Adelphia Communications, Inc. has selected FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager (BPM) as the exclusive provisioning solution for its nationwide high-speed data network. Adelphia Communications will deploy FastFlow(TM) BPM to automate cable modem registration and upgrades for its approximately 800,000 broadband data subscribers. With the selection by Adelphia and its current deployment by 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. , FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager is the exclusive provisioning solution for two of the top five 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. (multiple system operators) in the U.S. At Cox, FastFlow BPM has provisioned cable modems for more than 1.7 million subscribers. Together, the two FastFlow BPM customers provide cable modem service to approximately 2.6 million subscribers - more than 20% of the total of 12.6 million subscribers in the U.S.(a) "As we expand our network upgrade to offer broadband data service to more subscribers, our selection of a provisioning solution was a critical milestone," said Marwan Fawaz, chief technical officer for Adelphia. "ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager is not only extremely scalable, but it has been proven in the field to be rapidly deployable. At the end of our evaluation, FastFlow BPM was clearly the best choice for our network." "We are extremely pleased that Adelphia Communications has selected FastFlow BPM as its nationwide provisioning solution," said Hilton Nicholson, president of the IP Cable Business Unit for ADC. "With its field-tested stability, rapid deployment capabilities and wide range of devices supported, we believe that FastFlow BPM will provide Adelphia with a first-class solution for their growing high-speed data customer base." ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager is a high-performance, carrier-class suite of provisioning servers that execute the service activation and configuration requirements for CableLabs(R) and tComLabs(R) certified devices such as cable modems, multimedia terminal adapters and residential gateways. FastFlow BPM can be deployed with any 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. , including ADC's Cuda 12000, and is designed to scale easily from thousands to millions of subscriber devices. FastFlow BPM offers complete server redundancy and configuration caching to reduce downtime. (a) In-Stat MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. , July 16, 2003 and CableWorld "Kagan on Cable," Summer, 2003. 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 to deliver high-speed Internet See broadband. , data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) has sales into more than 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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