Zhone's Metro Wi-Fi System Honored by NXTcomm Eos Awards for Technology Innovation.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ZHNE), a global leader in multi-service access solutions, today announced that Zhone's new metro Wi-Fi system, SkyZhone[TM] has been honored by NXTcomm's Eos awards for technology innovation in access networking. (Note to Editors: Zhone will be featuring SkyZhone at NXTcomm in booth SU5611. See today's release title: Zhone Debuts Game-Changing Metro Wi-Fi Solution) The SkyZhone system features a number of industry firsts for metro Wi-Fi including, 802.11n, an all-MIMO antenna architecture, integrated 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 backhaul and line powering. The net effect is a Wi-Fi system that cost effectively delivers high-capacity, high-reliability, multi-service networks. "We're delighted that SkyZhone was selected by the Eos Awards committee as the first place finalist in the access category," said Steven Glapa, vice president of marketing and product management for Zhone. "Wi-Fi is the most ubiquitous wireless interface and SkyZhone offers network operators an excellent opportunity to easily integrate high-reliability Wi-Fi to support devices that are already plentiful in their service footprints." "This year's Eos winners demonstrated the best and most promising advancements to the network-enabled voice, video and data ecosystem," said Wayne Crawford, NXTcomm Executive Director. "We congratulate Zhone for its leadership, innovation and role in driving our industry forward." SkyZhone is currently in trials or already deployed in more than 10 networks globally, supporting numerous applications including municipal public safety, video surveillance, consumer-use broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. , and campus/resort environments. For more information, please visit http://www.zhone.com/skyzhone. About Zhone Technologies -- Access for a Converging World Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) is a global leader in multi-service access network solutions, serving more than 700 of the world's most innovative network operators. The company offers the industry's broadest fully-integrated portfolio of MSAP (MultiService Access Platform) An integration device located on a carrier's premises that supports a variety of protocols. It acts like a central switch between all of the customer's communications technologies and the carrier side, which is the PSTN, the , FTTx, EFM (Ethernet in the First Mile) Using Ethernet to provide connectivity from the customer to the carrier. See 802.3ah. and Wi-Fi access technologies, enabling a full suite of services, including residential and business broadband, VoIP, and High-Definition 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. . Zhone's converged multi-service access platform helps operators rapidly deploy premium services using copper, fiber, and wireless while improving network agility and reducing costs. www.zhone.com NXTcomm About NXTcomm: NXTcomm has replaced SUPERCOMM. The Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. ) and the U.S. Telecom Association (USTelecom), the two organizations that owned and produced SUPERCOMM for 18 years, have joined forces again to produce NXTcomm, which replaces SUPERCOMM as the one event delivering the entire ecosystem of network-enabled voice, video, and data. NXTcomm08 comes to the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. June 16-19 and will co-locate with InfoComm08, the leading audiovisual business-to-business marketplace. For more information, go to www.NXTcommShow.com. |
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