Comporium Communications Selects Wave7 Optics for Major Fiber-to-the-Premises Network Expansion Near Charlotte, North Carolina.ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO -- Wave7 Optics, Inc. today announced that Comporium Communications, the nation's 20th largest incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". and 50th largest cable TV provider, will deploy the Last Mile Link (LML) system from Wave7 Optics for an expansion of its fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. ) network into the Pulte Homes 3,500-home "Sun City Carolina Lakes" residential development near Charlotte. Pulte Homes (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PHM) is the nation's largest new home builder by revenue. Comporium, which has an "FTTP only" policy for all "greenfield" residential and business development, will begin connecting the Sun City homes in March 2006. The companies made the announcement at the Telco TV conference, taking place Nov. 8 - 10 at the San Diego Convention Center The San Diego Convention Center is the main convention center for the city of San Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. , where Wave7 also is exhibiting its product line in booth 818. Wave7 is a leading supplier of FTTP broadband network equipment for residential and business services. As with its other LML-connected customers, Comporium will use FTTP to provide Sun City Carolina Lakes residents with voice, video and data services, which include up to four lines of telephone service, more than 150 channels of digital and High Definition television and broadband Internet service capable of speeds of 100 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. . Comporium, based in Rock Hill, S.C., will combine its FTTP-related services with its wireless and security services for an industry-leading "quintuple quin·tu·ple adj. 1. Consisting of five parts or members. 2. Five times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. n. A fivefold amount or number. tr. & intr.v. play" bundle. "Wave7 has such a strong product because it is IP-based and as such interoperates with our other core network and transport vendors, supports full quality of service for voice and IP video, and, importantly, also supports RF broadcast video -- all on a single fiber to the home," said Dan Smith, vice president of Engineering and Planning for Comporium. "This has provided us the flexibility of deploying IP Video today and also 'overlaying' RF Video for customers demanding advanced services such as multi-stream DVR and HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , which are just now becoming available on the IP side. Wave7 has proven to be very reliable and has provided exceptional after-sales support." Having deployed the LML system since April 2004, Comporium has more than 25 FTTP developments deployed with another 55 currently planned, encompassing more than 13,000 subscribers. "FTTP has more capability than competing technologies to deliver incredibly compelling video services - VOD, HDTV, IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. and more," said Tom Tighe, 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 Wave7 Optics. "Video service can differentiate carriers very nicely from their competition, and the LML positions Comporium well for the future in terms of available bandwidth, network reliability, security and intelligence." About Comporium The Comporium group of companies, based in Rock Hill, S.C., provides a full spectrum of telecommunications and related services, including local telephone, long distance, wireless, cable TV, Internet, security, data services and directory publishing to residential and commercial customers. With currently more than 100,000 telephone and 50,000 cable TV customers, Comporium is one of the largest telecommunications companies and cable TV operators in the southeast U.S. Please visit www.comporium.com for more information. About Wave7 Optics Wave7 Optics (www.wave7optics.com) has established itself as an industry leader in optical broadband access systems with an expanding FTTP product portfolio featuring a variety of architectural options, based on IP and Ethernet or ATM standards, for "triple play" voice, video and data services. The company's patented Last Mile Link and Trident7 systems are gaining market share rapidly around the world with service providers in the IOC, CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) , MSO, municipal, utility and real estate development categories. |
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