Residential and business customers now have access to high-speed
broadband, IP telephony and high-definition television services
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 11, 2013--
ADTRAN®,
Inc. (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation networking
solutions, today announced that Medicine Park Telephone is deploying
ADTRAN’s comprehensive broadband portfolio in its Broadband Stimulus
funded, Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) high-speed broadband service. Currently
served by a variety of Tier 1 and Tier 2 providers for telephony voice
service, residents in these communities are vastly unserved – up to 100%
of the households in some of the regions – by any type of high-speed
broadband accessibility. Medicine Park’s FTTH service opens up
connectivity to thousands of households in these remote access
communities – some of which are isolated by a national wildlife refuge
and others that reside in the former Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation
in southwestern Indian Territory.
Medicine Park Telephone is leveraging ADTRAN’s Total Access™ 5000
broadband access platform to deliver high-speed broadband, IP telephony
and high-definition television services for the first time to
residential customers plus high-value business Ethernet services to
small business customers. The Total Access 5000 delivers these services
over an all-Ethernet access platform with the GPON infrastructure
providing up to 2.5Gbps of bandwidth. Medicine Park is also utilizing
ADTRAN's modular Ethernet access gateway, the NetVanta®
8044M, in combination with the Total Access 5000, for a complete
end-to-end Ethernet access migration solution for 4G/LTE cell-site
backhaul to further increase accessibility for its underserved customer
base.
“For so long, residents in our remote communities have been lucky just
to have reliable phone service, let alone any sort of high-speed
broadband capability. Now, for the first time, we are able to deliver
any mix of telephone, internet and television services that our
residential and business customers need to be connected with the rest of
the country,” said Eddie Hilliary, president, Medicine Park Telephone.
“With ADTRAN, we are able to do this with the latest optical network
technology and can provide our customers with the most advanced,
next-generation services and infrastructure.”
“Finding a way to get the maximum number of customers connected with
high-bandwidth broadband access is a problem faced by many rural service
providers today,” said Mitch Fleming, vice president of sales for
ADTRAN’s Carrier Networks Division. “For Medicine Park Telephone, they
found ADTRAN’s FTTH platform, based on the Total Access 5000, to be the
most cost-effective solution that provides the ultra-high service
density they need to reach their entire addressable market and ensure
that no customer is left behind.”
About Medicine Park Telephone Company
Medicine Park Telephone Company has been providing communications
services in Medicine Park, Oklahoma and the surrounding areas since
1903. Services include telephone, Fiber-to-the-Home and DSL High-Speed
Internet. For more information, visit: http://www.mptelco.com/.
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.
Source: ADTRAN, Inc.
Connect2 Communications for ADTRAN, Inc.
Ashley Baster, 919-435-9112
ashley@connect2comm.com