Critical Telecom and PlastiComm Industries Combine Forces to Give Carriers a Comprehensive, Cost-Effective Way to Extend DSL to Subscribers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers OTTAWA, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003 Partnership eliminates carriers' large in-house engineering and installation costs to deploy DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Critical Telecom Corp., a leading developer of broadband solutions in the outside plant, today announced a joint service agreement with PlastiComm Industries, Inc. The partnership gives carriers a comprehensive and cost-effective way to extend broadband DSL services to new subscribers by offering Critical Telecom's transparent DSL extender See Media Center Extender, bus extender and DOS extender. , FRED (Full Rate Extended DSL), together with PlastiComm Industries' fiber deployment services. The partnership provides carriers with a one-stop shop One-Stop Shop A company or a location that offers a multitude of services to a client or a customer. The idea is to provide convenient and efficient service and also to create the opportunity for the company to sell more products to clients and customers. for transparent DSL extension outside the central office. Carriers benefit from FRED's delivery of full-rate 8 Mbps ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 82 kft (25 km) from carriers' central offices, allowing them to deliver high-speed Internet See broadband. and next-generation services to subscribers that currently cannot be serviced due to distance limitations. Carriers also benefit from PlastiComm Industries' specialization in customized, full-service fiber operations. This minimizes the large, up-front fixed costs fixed costs, n.pl the costs that do not change to meet fluctuations in enrollment or in use of services (e.g., salaries, rent, business license fees, and depreciation). to deploy electronics in the outside plant and eliminates the need for in-house engineering and installation. "PlastiComm Industries is the right partner for us because of their proven expertise in fiber deployment and the close relationships they have with RBOCs," said Dan Byron, Vice President, Business Development, Critical Telecom. "Our combined solution is much more compelling and financially viable then copper-fed broadband." With approximately 200 million access lines in 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. , carriers are competing with cable companies to deliver revenue-generating services, such as high-speed Internet, broadcast video and video on demand over DSL, to their customers. The primary barrier preventing carriers from meeting subscriber demand for full-rate ADSL is the ADSL signal's rapid attenuation Loss of signal power in a transmission. Attenuation The reduction in level of a transmitted quantity as a function of a parameter, usually distance. It is applied mainly to acoustic or electromagnetic waves and is expressed as the ratio of power densities. over copper infrastructure. In the past, telcos were forced to rely on remote DSLAMs to provide increased reach. This option is expensive, time-consuming to deploy and troublesome to maintain. "Construction and outside plant engineering accounts for over two-thirds of the cost of deploying DSL in the outside plant in new environments," said Denny Rogers, Senior Vice President Operations, PlastiComm Industries. "Critical Telecom's FRED technology drastically reduces those costs because it uses the carrier's existing outside plant infrastructure. This partnership will benefit carriers looking to extend DSL to new subscribers." About Critical Telecom Corp. Critical Telecom, founded in 1987, specializes in developing broadband enabling technologies for telephone carriers in the outside plant. Critical Telecom's flagship product, FRED (Full Rate Extended DSL), allows service providers to deliver full-rate ADSL 82 kft (25 km) from the central office. www.criticaltelecom.com Critical Telecom will be exhibiting at OSP (Online Service Provider) See online service. OSP - Optical Signal Processor Expo 2003 in Denver, Colorado from November 12-13, Booth #828. About PlastiComm Industries, Inc. Established in 1990, PlastiComm Industries, Inc., provides customized planning, logistics, engineering and implementation services to industry leading telecommunication manufacturers, service providers, electric utilities, enterprise, and government organizations. www.plasticomm.com |
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