Advent Networks and General Bandwidth Announce End-to-End Solution for Cable Telephony.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External Cable-Tec Expo 2002 AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2002 The Ultraband(tm) System and G6(R) Packet Telephony Synonymous with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), in which a digital voice stream is broken up into small chunks (packets) and transmitted over a packet-switched network. See IP telephony and packet switching. Migration Platform Deliver Voice Trunking via HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. Advent Networks(tm), a provider of carrier-class cable networking solutions, and General Bandwidth(R) Inc., a telecommunications provider enabling the new voice infrastructure, today announced the interoperability of their two products, Advent Networks' Ultraband system and General Bandwidth's G6 Packet Telephony Migration Platform. Combining the power of Advent's Ultraband technology, which delivers dedicated 5-40 Mbps access over hybrid fiber coax (networking) Hybrid Fiber Coax - (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America. (HFC) networks, with General Bandwidth's G6 Packet Telephony Platform will enable cable operators, for the first time, to provide trunk voice lines over existing HFC. Prior to the combination of Advent and General Bandwidth's technologies, voice over cable technologies did not scale well, requiring unrealistic amounts of spectrum and head end space to the degree that doing trunking was not technically or financially feasible. Cable operators now have a complete, carrier-class solution to offer voice services to small and medium businesses (SMBs). SMBs represent a tremendous market opportunity for cable operators, with telecom spending in 2002 expected to total over $38 billion. With the Ultraband/G6 solution, cable operators will be able to realize new revenues. The Ultraband system, a broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. platform, allows cable operators to provide dedicated, switched IP connections to subscribers over existing HFC networks. Through this system, operators can offer next-generation packet services such as packet telephony into a single, switched IP connection to the customer. "General Bandwidth's G6 technology is a perfect complement to Advent's Ultraband system. The Ultraband system allows operators to generate higher revenues per megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. of spectrum, and voice trunking via the G6 is a key service element that supports this goal," said Geoff Tudor, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Advent Networks. The G6 offers cable operators a platform that enables the mass deployment of toll-quality, packet telephony services over existing and emerging network architectures. The G6 was designed specifically to meet the needs of large service providers evolving their network to the New Voice Infrastructure. With the most highly scalable architecture in the industry, the G6 enables service providers to mass-deploy voice over cable broadband-based services to business and residential customers. "We are extremely pleased to be demonstrating our joint product capabilities with a technology innovator like Advent Networks," said Brendon Mills, president and CEO of General Bandwidth. "Combining our G6 platform with the Ultraband system will leverage the respective strengths of both organizations and allow cable operators to use their existing cable infrastructure to add new services." Advent Networks and General Bandwidth will conduct the first public demonstration of this voice trunking solution at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, June 5-7, San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , Booth No. 543. About General Bandwidth General Bandwidth Inc. is a leading developer of telecommunications equipment that is central to the build-out of the new voice infrastructure. The Company's flagship G6 platform enables service providers to cost effectively deploy next-generation voice and data services over existing broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , while better utilizing existing resources, and enabling a graceful migration path to end-to-end packet networks. Founded in 1999, General Bandwidth is located at 12303 Technology Blvd., Austin, Texas 78727; phone: 512/681-5400; fax: 512/681-5401; toll free: 877/818-2160; www.generalbandwidth.com. About Advent Networks Based in Austin, Texas, and founded by cable industry professionals, Advent Networks has developed the Ultraband platform for the delivery of dedicated bandwidth for HFC networks over the last mile. The Ultraband platform enables cable operators to provide dedicated, switched IP connections to subscribers over existing HFC networks. With scalability well beyond that of today's typical shared 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. speeds, the Ultraband system represents an evolution in cable access networks -- fiber-like bandwidth to the subscriber without the need for costly plant upgrades. Through this system, operators can offer next-generation packet services that combine video, voice and data into a single, switched IP connection to the customer. Contact Advent Networks at 512/241-8000; 866/2-ADVENT; www.advent.net. All trademarks are property of the respective companies. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Please see Advent Networks and General Bandwidth at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo, June 5-7, San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , TX, Booth No. 543. |
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