Comcast Installs Scientific-Atlanta's Fiber Optic Platform
Comcast Connecticut Installs Scientific-Atlanta's Fiber Optic Platform To Serve Large Areas With
Interactive TV
Two Connecticut Systems Upgraded with Prisma Digital Transport, Scientific- Atlanta's Advanced System for Transporting Digital Interactive Services
ATLANTA, Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientific-Atlanta (NYSE: SFA) today announced that its powerful Prisma(TM) Digital Transport fiber optic system has been
installed and activated in two networks at Comcast of Connecticut, enabling the delivery of digital interactive services and other traffic over long distances.
Comcast installed the Prisma DT platform in its Middletown and New Haven systems as the centerpiece of upgraded networks in those cities, enabling delivery of
expanded digital channels, Internet TV and other interactive services to Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer(R) set-top.
"Because we serve subscribers in a large geographic area, we wanted to have a transport system with the ability to carry traffic over long distances," said John Bean,
director of engineering for Comcast of Connecticut. "The Prisma DT system could allow us to deliver programming over virtually unlimited distances, has the
flexibility to work with our existing network and gives us the capacity to continue growing the digital services offerings for our subscribers."
"The Prisma DT system is the single network that connects the HFC plant and ultimately cable subscribers to their content sources and the outside world," said Paul
Connolly, vice president of marketing and network architectures for Scientific-Atlanta. "It supports the cable operator's shifting business model toward enhanced
digital, voice and data services. The Prisma DT system is scaling well for Comcast and other major cable operators as their transport requirements grow."
Technical Features
The Prisma DT product is a multi-service SONET/SDH multiplexer optimized for the regional fiber interconnection of broadband networks. The system offers direct
interfaces for a variety of signal formats - baseband video, IF, BTSC, MPEG video and Ethernet data.
Each Prisma DT system multiplexes 16 voice, video or data channels into a single SONET OC-48 for optical transport. By employing the Prisma DT product's
optional DWDM, an entire analog and digital headend could be multiplexed with cable modem and IP voice circuits and transported over a single fiber.
The Prisma DT system and SONET enable a wide variety of broadcast and switched ring architectures for all CATV applications. Upgradeable to full duplex
operation, the Prisma DT system seamlessly supports protected bi- directional voice and data services, making it the desired solution for today's regional
interconnects.
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (http://www.sciatl.com ) is a leading supplier of broadband communications systems, satellite-based video, voice and data communications
networks and worldwide customer service and support.
"Forward-looking statements," as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, may be included in this news release. A variety of factors could
cause Scientific-Atlanta's actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to
Scientific-Atlanta's Cautionary Statements (Exhibit 99 to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q), which statements are incorporated into this news release by
reference.
Prisma is a trademark and Explorer is a registered trademark of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
SOURCE: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
CONTACT: Peggy Ballard of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., 770-236-7871, peggy.ballard@sciatl.com , or Greg Echols of Ketchum PR, 404-287-2000, ext. 116,
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