General Bandwidth Selected for Cable Telephony Deployment by Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative.AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas' Largest Telecommunications Cooperative Selects General Bandwidth G6(R) Universal Media Gateways to Deliver Digital Phone Services General Bandwidth, a leading Voice over IP equipment manufacturer enabling rapid deployment and new service revenue generation over broadband networks, has been selected by Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative (GVTC GVTC Guadalupe Valley Telephone Cooperative (New Braunfels, Texas, USA) ), Texas' largest telecommunication cooperative, to deliver cable telephony services over Guadalupe Valley's hybrid fiber coax (networking) Hybrid Fiber Coax - (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America. (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) network. "At GVTC, we pride ourselves on providing our customers the latest in telecommunications services and technology with the highest reliability available on the market," said Josh Pettiette, Manager Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. of GVTC. "We have put General Bandwidth's G6 platform through months of rigorous testing and it has proven to be a very flexible, carrier grade voice service platform that can be deployed to deliver PacketCable(TM) telephony services from both our legacy as well as future next generation voice network." With more than 45,000 access lines in 11 counties in Central Texas, GVTC has established itself as a major integrated communications provider in one of the fastest-growing regions of Central Texas. Currently GVTC serves more than 7,000 customers over its HFC network. In July 2005, they deployed the General Bandwidth G6 Universal Media Gateway as they launched Digital Choice Unlimited phone service to customers in Boerne, Texas. "Today's announcement underscores the continued success General Bandwidth is gaining in accelerating the deployment of cable telephony services to deliver digital phone services," said Charles Vogt, president and chief executive officer of General Bandwidth. "With VoIP services representing new revenue growth opportunities for today's leading competitive carriers, General Bandwidth continues to be the leading voice gateway for carriers seeking to generate revenue quickly." The G6 Universal Media Gateway Platform is a true carrier class, PacketCable(TM)-compliant solution providing full redundancy along with the capability of simultaneously supporting PacketCable Line Control (LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems ) and Network-based Call Signaling The call signaling protocol is one layer of the overall PacketCable suite of specifications and relies upon companion protocol specifications to provide complete end-to-end PacketCable functionality (NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. ) from a single G6 platform. With the ability to scale to more than 16,128 DSOs on a single chassis, the G6 platform provides the most cost effective solution for cable operators seeking to grow their network on a city-by-city basis. About Guadalupe Valley Telecommunications Cooperative GVTC is the largest telephone cooperative in the State of Texas and the ninth largest local exchange carrier in Texas. GVTC coverage spans 2,000 square miles in 11 counties and serves over 30,000 customers with more than 42,000 access lines. GVTC offers customers product diversity through its digital cable television system, including 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 , DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. , high-speed cable modem and Digital Choice Unlimited phone service. GVTC was the first in South Texas to introduce Fiber-To-The-Home technology and the quadruple play; residential access line with local and unlimited long distance, cable television with over 260 channels of total entertainment, including HDTV & DVR, along with the fastest Internet broadband speeds around and security monitoring with Medical Alert packages. About General Bandwidth General Bandwidth is a leading provider of Voice over IP infrastructure solutions spanning more than 70 service providers worldwide. General Bandwidth delivers broadband solutions addressing a full range of applications, including residential and business access, trunking and enhanced VoIP solutions. With 12 patents issued and 16 pending, General Bandwidth's flagship G6 Universal Media Gateway and network management system are OSMINE (Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements) A system from Telcordia for verifying compatibility with Telcordia-designed operating systems. , RUS, PacketCable(TM), and NEBS-3 certified, produced in a TL9000 quality system, and deployed in ILECs, RLECs, CLECs, and MSO (1) (Multiple System Operator) Typically refers to a cable TV organization that owns more than one cable system, but it may refer to an operator of only one system. networks worldwide. General Bandwidth was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. Additional information on General Bandwidth is available at www.genband.com. |
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