May 4, 2005 Foxboro, MA -- Broadweave Networks has selected Telco Systems' active Ethernet products for an FTTH network deployment in a development of 8,000 homes and 4.5 million square feet of commercial space, currently under construction in Utah.
According to a press release, following an initial field trial which began in 2003, Broadweave has exclusively selected Telco's equipment for commercial rollout of their "Triple-Weave" services brand, at speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec. The deployment will provide primary-line VoIP, IP video, and broadband Internet services. Telco's EdgeGate CPE IP gateway product line and T5 Compact IP Ethernet aggregation switch will form the backbone of the network. To aggregate voice, video, and data traffic, the EdgeGate CPE triple-play gateways are to be located outside subscribers' premises, connected to a T5 Compact IP switch in a central office location.
"We're honored to be selected for this historic FTTH deployment in which traditional copper infrastructure is being replaced with Broadweave's fiber-optic 'Triple- Weave' Services," remarks Larry Asten, president of Telco Systems.
According to the company, its T5 Compact is a carrier-class, 1RU IP Ethernet switch with the capacity of physically larger backbone and workgroup switches, able to support FTTH applications, metro Ethernet access rings, data aggregation, and the delivery of IP-based Ethernet services including VPNs, VoIP, and video. The company's EdgeGate CPE platform supports various combinations of two and four analog voice lines (VoIP FXS ports), eight 10/100BaseTX Ethernet ports for data and video, and optical uplinks for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet. An outdoor cabinet supports automatic meter reading (AMR), as well as battery backup and POTS failover capabilities. Supported VoIP signaling protocols include SIP, MGCP, and H.323, as well as IGMP for IP video.
"We selected an active Ethernet FTTH solution and the Telco Systems products because they are standards-based, carrier-grade reliable, cost-effective, and field-proven," concludes Steve Christensen, chairman and CEO of Broadweave.