Helps National Dairy Farm Leverage Gigabit Services to transform
business model, enabling future expansion
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2015--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation
networking solutions, today announced the addition of Northwestern
Indiana Telephone Company (NITCO) to its Enabling Communities,
Connecting Lives program. NITCO is deploying ADTRAN’s advanced
Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) portfolio to deliver ultra-fast broadband to
residential customers and Gigabit service to businesses in the local
community. As a result, NITCO has seen broadband traffic more than
double in 2014 with both an increase in subscribers and more use of the
network as customers have discovered new ways to stay in touch and stay
connected. The company expects to see three times more bandwidth traffic
growth in the next 12 months as well.
NITCO’s Gigabit service has helped local businesses stimulate economic
growth in the area. One of NITCO’s largest bandwidth customers is a
national dairy farm, Fair
Oaks Farms, which uses Gigabit broadband to revolutionize the way it
does business. In addition to remotely monitoring milk production and
processing, it has deployed a hosted voice service, video streaming
on-site and manages orders online. The farm is also building out dairy,
pork and crop learning centers to share knowledge and expertise with
other farms as well as educate school children. The advanced broadband
infrastructure is enabling the farm to easily support all of these
applications simultaneously and allows them to look at other ways to
expand the business in the future.
“For more than 75 years, NITCO has been helping communities in Northwest
Indiana evolve, change and grow as the communications infrastructure has
advanced along the way. We are dedicated to providing our residential
and business customers with the best technology available because we
want to ensure they have big-city economic opportunities in the small
towns they love so much,” said Tom Long, chief operations officer,
NITCO. “ADTRAN enables us to meet the needs of all of our customers –
from our most rural residents to businesses that are looking for new
ways to grow – with the most advanced fiber platform available.”
“The idea that Gigabit services are only relevant in large cities or
densely populated areas is being disproven by innovative service
providers, like NITCO, that are leveraging the opportunity to create a
new economic reality for the communities they support,” said Mitch
Fleming, regional vice president, sales, ADTRAN Carrier Networks
Division. “ADTRAN offers a flexible and scalable FTTH platform that
provides a strong foundation for the best-in-class services that NITCO
delivers.”
ADTRAN’s Enabling
Communities, Connecting Lives program showcases how innovative
technologies are being used in cities, towns and communities across the
country to support economic growth and urban development. These
communities are using ADTRAN’s world-class Gigabit broadband, Wi-Fi and
Cloud service offerings to re-invigorate downtown business and
residential districts, connect classrooms with other learning centers
around the world, and help attract new companies seeking to relocate out
of crowded urban centers.
About NITCO
Since 1939, Hebron, Indiana-based Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company
(NITCO) has been a top provider of telecommunications services across
Northwest Indiana. NITCO continues to aggressively meet the challenges
being brought about by increased demands for enhanced services combined
with persistent growth within the communities it serves. As such, the
company recently teamed with DISH Network to provide a triple play
bundle of voice, broadband and TV to its customers. NITCO continues to
earn its reputation for providing quality service at an affordable
price, while at the same time keeping pace with rapidly changing
technology. Visit at www.nitco.com,
or call 1-800-996-2981 (219.996.2981 locally). Join NITCO on Facebook
and Twitter to learn more about monthly promotions, giveaways and
community projects. NITCO keeps customers CONNECTED. ALWAYS.
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
Ashley Baster, 919-435-9112
ashley@connect2comm.com