Charter Offers Ultra High-Speed Network Access with Harmonic's FLXLink Commercial Services Solution; Cost-Effectively Delivers Scalable Bandwidth up to a Gigabit per Second to the Premises.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Harmonic Inc. (Nasdaq:HLIT) today announced that Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Inc. (Nasdaq: CHTR CHTR Charter CHTR Canadian High Temperature Research ) has deployed the FLXLink(TM) Commercial Services Solution to deliver ultra high-speed network services to business, government and education customers in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . Based on Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing See CWDM. (CWDM (Course WDM) An optical transmission method that is used for shorter distances than dense WDM (DWDM). Also known as "wide WDM," CWDM transmits fewer channels and uses wider spacing between the channels for distances up to 60 km. Wider spacing up to 25 nm, compared to 1. ) technology, Harmonic's FLXLink solution makes it feasible and practical to deliver Internet, Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) and other managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality with access speeds that can scale to one Gigabit per second (Gbps). Charter's new ultra high-speed commercial services complement its existing 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. offerings which, in addition to the primary application of residential Internet access See how to access the Internet. , are used by small businesses and schools. Initial deployments in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. and the surrounding area use Harmonic's FLXLink 100-Mbps CWDM and the recently introduced 1-Gbps CWDM transport systems to securely deliver Ethernet/IP services to even the largest businesses, government facilities and educational institutions. With sufficient bandwidth to support data, voice and video over IP solutions, Charter's service will enable advanced interactive commercial applications such as video-based distance learning and remote medical consultation. "Charter is aggressively pursuing the commercial services market and the Los Angeles region is one of the key areas for this initiative," said Scott Hansen, Vice President of the Commercial Services Western Division for Charter Communications, Inc. "Our networks directly pass or are within a nominal distance of thousands of prospective commercial customers. Harmonic's exceptional understanding of access networks and how to utilize the existing infrastructure to deliver new services makes it possible for Charter to turn those prospective customers into a new source of revenue. Harmonic's FLXLink solution offers a practical and versatile way to meet the increasing bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal of this important new market segment." "Charter consistently demonstrates its leadership by rolling out technical and service innovations such as the Long Beach digital simulcast service launched last year and now ultra high-speed business services," said Patrick Harshman, President of the Broadband Access See broadband and wireless broadband. Networks Division of Harmonic Inc. "Harmonic has worked in close partnership with Charter to design and build the headend and network infrastructure for these groundbreaking services. Commercial services represent a significant and growing market opportunity and FLXLink is an ideal solution for cable operators of all sizes to cost-effectively maximize their revenue potential. In fact, since the FLXLink product line was introduced in mid-2004, Harmonic has deployed hundreds of links to operators around the world including those in leading broadband countries such as 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. and the Republic of Korea." Harmonic's FLXLink Commercial Services Solutions make it possible for cable operators to securely and cost-effectively provision ultra high-speed network access and other value-added managed services to business, government and educational institutions of all sizes. A family of practical standards-based systems, FLXLink can leverage the existing network used to the carry residential video, voice and data triple play to minimize deployment cost, complexity and risk. The FLXLink 100-Mbps and 1-Gbps CDWM CDWM Conventional Dielectric Waveguide Model solutions--which can coexist in a common platform--are able to transport bandwidth-intensive Ethernet/IP services and are completely compatible with existing switching and routing equipment at both the operator and customer premises. A web-based management system enables the FLXLink environment to be remotely monitored and controlled. About Charter Communications, Inc. Charter Communications, Inc., a broadband communications company, provides a full range of advanced broadband services to the home, including cable television on an advanced digital video programming platform via Charter Digital(TM) and Charter High-Speed Internet Service(TM). Charter also provides business to business video, data and Internet protocol (IP) solutions through its Commercial Services Division. Advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com. About Harmonic Inc. Harmonic Inc. is a leading provider of digital video, broadband optical networking and IP delivery systems to cable, satellite, telecom and broadcast network operators. Harmonic's open standards-based solutions for the headend through the last mile enable customers to develop new revenue sources and a competitive advantage by offering powerful interactive video, voice and data services such as video-on-demand, high definition digital television, telephony and Internet access. Harmonic (Nasdaq:HLIT) is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with R&D, sales and system integration centers worldwide. The Company's customers, including many of the world's largest communications providers, deliver services in virtually every country. Visit www.harmonicinc.com for more information. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements related to: making it feasible and practicable to deliver Internet, VPN and other managed services, Charter's service enabling advanced interactive commercial applications, making it possible for Charter to turn prospective customers into a new source of revenue, and FLXLink's ability to leverage the existing network. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results could differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release area also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in Harmonic's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its recent Reports filed on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . Harmonic does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements. EDITOR'S NOTE: Product and company names used herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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