ENMR Plateau Deploys MetaSwitch for Fiber-to-the-Home and Fixed Wireless Expansion.ALAMEDA, Calif. & CLOVIS, New Mexico Clovis, New Mexico is a city in Curry County, New Mexico, United States, with a population of approximately 33,258 (2006 census). It is the county seat of Curry County.GR6 Clovis is located in the Llano Estacado and eastern New Mexico regions. -- New Mexico's Largest Telephone Co-Operative Succeeds With Industry's Leading Class 5 Packet Voice Switch MetaSwitch, the market leader in Class 5 packet switch solutions, today announced that ENMR Plateau, the largest rural telephone cooperative in New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , has deployed its VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch for new applications including Fiber to the Home (FTTH (Fiber To The Home) See FTTP. ) and Voice over IP (VoIP) over a fixed wireless network. A member-owned co-operative serving 24 counties in New Mexico This is a list of the thirty-three counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. There were originally nine counties formed in 1852. Santa Ana County, New Mexico Territory, one of the nine original counties, was annexed in 1876 to Bernalillo County, New Mexico. and western Texas, ENMR Plateau has a track record of deploying leading-edge technology, being the first to deploy FTTH in New Mexico and now also the first with fixed wireless VoIP See voice over Wi-Fi. services. The company selected MetaSwitch for its ability to deliver traditional circuit-based service and VoIP out of the same system - at a significantly lower cost than upgrading its existing switch. "The economics, together with MetaSwitch's clear technical leadership, made the decision straightforward," said Jeff Moore Jeffery D. Moore (born August 20, 1956 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) is a former American football running back in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for Jackson State University. , Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. for ENMR Plateau. "Based on our experience with the switch, which has been operational for several months, and MetaSwitch's recent strong success, we feel comfortable that we picked the right vendor. This deployment is central to our ability to flexibly respond to current and future changes in both regulation and technology." "Many independent telephone companies like ENMR Plateau are looking to understand how best to serve their existing subscriber base, while introducing new services to compete in the emerging world of VoIP," said Andy Randall, MetaSwitch Vice President of Marketing. "MetaSwitch offers an ideal solution for these companies, providing all the 'old world' services necessary to ensure smooth migration alongside the industry's only Class 5 VoIP implementation that has received approval under the federal government Rural Utilities Service program." Within the ENMR Plateau network, the MetaSwitch VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch provides more than 100 residential and small business services over FTTH and Fixed Wireless access networks. Support for traditional TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. protocols including GR-303 and SS7 enables a seamless integration with ENMR's existing switching and access equipment including Optical Solutions' FiberDrive Optical Line Terminal. With Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and softswitch intelligence on board, the same compact MetaSwitch chassis is also delivering native VoIP services over an IP access network. Further details of ENMR Plateau's deployment, including a network diagram, are available at www.metaswitch.com/casestudies/enmr.htm. About ENMR Plateau Founded in 1949, ENMR Plateau has over 11,000 Cooperative members serving 13,000 wireline accounts. Plateau, the wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ENMR provides long distance, Internet, operator services, wireless mobile communications, and business services in 14 New Mexico counties and 10 counties in western Texas. About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch is the industry's leading independent broadband Class 5 softswitch vendor. Its widely deployed VP3500 Series Class 5 Softswitch supports over 100 Class 5 features including CLASS services, IP Centrex, E911, LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. , 1-800 and CALEA CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act , and scales from a few hundred to half a million subscribers. Customers include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a division of established telecom technology provider Data Connection. The company is consistently profitable and privately held, with US locations in California, Virginia, Texas and Florida, and European headquarters in London, UK. Data Connection and MetaSwitch are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright (C) 2004 Data Connection Limited |
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