Re: LMDS Vendor- AFCI and LMDS SP-NXLK
Thread- For those that don't know, Winstar(a LMDS SP) is Advanced Fiber Communications largest customer. Apparently NextLink(sym:NXLK) has also chosen AFCI for the same product AFCI supplies to Winstar. -MikeM(From Florida)
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NEXTLINK Selects Advanced Fibre Communications for Voice And Data Platform Solutions
PETALUMA, Calif., March 28-- Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc, announced today that NEXTLINK Communications has selected AFC to provide voice and data platform solutions. NEXTLINK is one of the nation's fastest growing providers of broadband communications services.
The NEXTLINK contract for AFC's Universal Modular Carrier (UMC1000) Multi-Service Access Platform will complement NEXTLINK's broadband strategy to serve advanced voice and data solutions to its customers. The platform utilizes a hybrid ATM/TDM architecture, which provides a variety of loop interfaces for POTS, ISDN, T-1/E-1, HDSL and ADSL services over various feeder transmission options, including copper, fiber, and wireless.
"This platform's low fixed cost and ability to add enhanced broadband and data services, as the customer needs them, optimizes NEXTLINK's network investment decisions and minimizes their risks," said Mehmet Balos, AFC vice president of global marketing and North American sales. "This contract serves as a testimony to our strategy of minimizing the cost of ownership through the advantages of an end-to-end integrated Multi-Service Access Platform." |
