ADTRAN’s domain expertise and industry leadership in vectoring
solutions enables network operators to ramp 100Mbps service offerings to
meet market demands
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 14, 2017--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation open
networking solutions, announced that it has shipped its 10 millionth
vectoring port as network operators in the U.S. and Europe look to
maximize any and all paths to ultra broadband service delivery. Crossing
this milestone demonstrates how ADTRAN’s industry-leading access
portfolio is having an immediate and long-term impact as networks scale
and users demand increased capacity at work, home and play. ADTRAN’s
market leadership has grown over the past four quarters as the company
shipped now more DSL and VDSL2 vectoring ports in North America than all
other vendors combined. VDSL2 vectoring is key to network operators’
broadband strategy to deliver 100Mbps services using their existing DSL
infrastructure that may only provide 10Mbps service today. Ideal for
urban deployments and multi-dwelling units, vectoring presents a
scalable, highly leverageable approach to delivering ten times the DSL
capacity, creating a truly immersive consumer experience that
millennials and other tech-savvy consumers crave.
“To meet our customers’ broadband needs, we continue to innovate and
provide higher speeds using both fiber and copper-based solutions.
Having a proven technology that we can leverage with our current network
infrastructure is ideal,” said Aamir Hussain, EVP and CTO for
CenturyLink. “ADTRAN’s vectoring solutions help us maximize our network
broadband speeds to meet the current and future needs of our customers.”
Vectoring boosts the installed network performance by increasing service
speeds to 100Mbps using VDSL2 vectoring and to over 300Mbps using higher
spectrum Super-Vectoring. More service providers are turning to this
technology to sell high-speed services when time-to-market or economic
hurdles prevent the deployment of new fiber. This network capability is
becoming more critical as new guidelines in Europe and the U.S. change
and become mandated for what bandwidth speeds constitute the definition
of competitive broadband service.
“As regulatory commissions in the U.S. and Europe change the definition
of broadband, vectoring technology is allowing carriers to achieve these
higher speeds within their existing infrastructure. According to our
research, VDSL2 vectoring shipments continue to accelerate, accounting
for a growing portion of overall VDSL2 shipments each quarter,” said
Teresa Mastrangelo, founder of Broadbandtrends. “Vectoring provides
operators with the opportunity to offer FTTH-like speeds over copper
lines, while providing the flexibility necessary to address the
immediate time-to-market, competitive and regulatory challenges they
currently confront.”
“ADTRAN’s vectoring solution is by far our fastest growing technology
segment, shipping 10 million vectoring ports since introducing the
solution to market and putting ADTRAN at the forefront of a technology
that is quickly gaining worldwide adoption,” said Jay Wilson, senior
vice president, technology and strategy for ADTRAN. “Service providers
require the flexibility we provide to build the type of network that
fits customers’ demands and business goals. By making it easier for
service providers to leverage their current assets, ADTRAN ensures a
smoother migration path from existing copper networks to full ultra
broadband deployments across the globe.”
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video
and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures.
ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private
enterprises, government organizations, and millions of individual users
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com.
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