Cable Pacifico Chooses OFS Fiber to Upgrade Colombia's Telecommunications Network Infrastructure; OFS Cable Will Increase Bandwidth and Improve the Customer Experience.NORCROSS, Ga. -- OFS (OFS, Norcross, GA, www.ofsbrightwave.com) A manufacturer of optical fibers and interconnect equipment. Formerly the Optical Fiber Solutions (OFS) Group of Lucent, OFS was turned into a stand-alone company acquired by Furukawa Electric in 2001. , designer, manufacturer and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products, today announced that it has been selected by Cable Pacifico, the main provider of cable television and broadband services in Colombia, to provide through its distributor AGS AGS American Geriatrics Society. Enterprises, 1,000 km of AllWave(R) Zero Water Peak (ZWP ZWP Zero Window Probe ZWP Zone Wind Plotter ) optical fiber in its PowerGuide(R) TTH TTH The Tragically Hip (band) TTH Tiger Tree Hash TTh Tuesdays and Thursdays TTH Team Tvis Holstebro (Danish Handball Club) TtH Tex to Html Translator TTH Tactical Transport Helicopter cable to upgrade and maintain Cable Pacifico's telecommunication network. The installation of AllWave ZWP fiber will not only increase capacity for voice and data in areas already served by Cable Pacifico, but also enable Cable Pacifico to offer 50% more bandwidth than its competitors in Colombia--all while improving the customer experience. "Following a competitive bidding Competitive bidding A securities offering process in which securities firms submit competing bids to the issuer for the securities the issuer wishes to sell. competitive bidding 1. process, we selected OFS to provide us with their AllWave ZWP fiber that exceeded our customers' demands for increased bandwidth and that also met our aggressive economical requirements," said Juan Gonzalo Angel, President of Cable Pacifico. "This investment will not only allow our company to satisfy the quality and coverage requirements of our existing customers, but also interconnect 60 other municipalities in the western region of Colombia, including the departments of Narino, Valle, Cauca, Choco, Caldas, Risaralada, Quindio and Antioquia. This build out will also generate 350 new jobs in the area." "The purchase of OFS optical fiber cable gives Cable Pacifico an important competitive advantage over other Colombian companies List of Colombian companies: Colombia is the third most populous country in Latin America. Major industries include textiles, food processing, petroleum, clothing and footwear, beverages, chemicals, cement, gold, coal, and emeralds. that provide cable TV and broadband services, since AllWave ZWP fiber provides a 50% increase in usable optical spectrum as compared with standard single mode fiber," said Paul Neuhart, President of OFS. "This purchase demonstrates Cable Pacifico's commitment to constant improvement and focus on providing the last mile to corporate customers." About OFS OFS is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of leading edge optical fiber, optical fiber cable, optical connectivity and specialty photonics products for a wide variety of applications and industries. OFS, formerly the Optical Fiber Solutions division of Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : LU), has a proven track record of being first in the industry with application specific fibers, optical connectors, ribbon cables, erbium erbium (ûr`bēəm) [from Ytterby, a town in Sweden], metallic chemical element; symbol Er; at. no. 68; at. wt. 167.26; m.p. 1,529°C;; b.p. 2,863°C;; sp. gr. 9.05 at 25°C;; valence +3. doped fibers, Raman fiber lasers and more. OFS is committed to providing customers increased value by offering products that deliver lowest cost per bit network solutions, protecting investments through future flexible solutions. OFS distributes its optical fiber, optical fiber cable, optical connectivity and specialty photonics products directly to end users, as well as through valued distributors, external cable customers and equipment vendors. OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric, a multi-billion dollar global leader in optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. and majority shareholder, and CommScope, Inc., a world leader in broadband coaxial cables and minority shareholder. Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia Norcross is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. The city had a population of 8,410 in 2000. Census Estimates for 2005 show a population of 9,887. History Norcross was founded in 1866 by John Thrasher. , OFS operates facilities in Avon, Connecticut; Carrollton, Georgia; Somerset, New Jersey Somerset is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located at the eastermost section within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 23,040. Somerset housed one of the first Marconi Wireless Stations. ; and Sturbridge, Massachusetts, as well as facilities in Denmark, Germany and Russia. For more information visit www.ofsoptics.com. About Cable Pacifico Sociedad Anonima Cable Pacifico Sociedad Anonima is a leading provider of cable TV and broadband services based in Medellin, Colombia. It provides cable television and broadband services to 58 municipalities and 37 corregimientos, and in March 2005 it will expand its coverage to 118 Colombian municipalities, becoming the cable television service provider with the largest fiber optic network in Colombia. Cable Pacifico started providing broadband in Medellin in October 2004, and is expected to provide the same service in Cali starting in March 2005. About AGS Enterprises, Inc. AGS Enterprises, Inc. is an authorized distributor of the complete line of OFS fiber optic cables for the Latin American market, based in Miami, Florida. Toll Free: 1.888.538.1444 |
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