Cogeco Selects AM Communications For Network Integrity Solutions
NEW ORLEANS, May 9, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cogeco Cable, Inc. announced today
that it has selected AM Communications, Inc. (OTC:AMCM) as its supplier of
network integrity solutions for monitoring and managing its multi-vendor
broadband networks.
Initial system deployments will begin in Ontario, Canada, where Cogeco operates
34 broadband distribution networks serving more than 540,000 subscribers using
equipment from General Instrument/Motorola, Alpha Technologies, and C-COR.net.
In addition to managing multi-vendor network elements, AM Communications will
provide solutions to collect and integrate information from legacy status
monitoring systems. To ensure Cogeco's technical and schedule requirements are
met, AM and its Canadian distributor, Trispec Communications, will provide local
product and system integration support services.
"This opportunity with Cogeco goes beyond the traditional customer - supplier
relationship," commented Harry Tankin, President of AM Communications. "The
solutions that we are delivering to Cogeco not only represent AM's strengths in
the management of multi-vendor networks, but demonstrate our company's ability
to provide skills and expertise to protect Cogeco's investment in older,
proprietary monitoring platforms. Our goal is to become a solutions partner with
Cogeco to ensure that investments made by the customer are protected and
leveraged for future use," said Tankin.
"Cogeco selected AM Communications based upon its open OmniStat(TM) management
architecture and the value AM places upon non-proprietary solutions," said Paul
Padbury, Network Management Center Director for Cogeco Cable, Inc. "Beyond
delivering hardware and software products, AM has worked hand-in-hand with
Cogeco to ensure that our requirements were well defined and that our existing
network equipment and monitoring systems could be integrated into a newer
management solution. AM and Trispec's attentiveness to Cogeco's unique needs,
coupled with committed resources, has allowed Cogeco to view AM and its
distributor as valued partners," concluded Padbury.
Cogeco Cable, Inc. serves approximately 830,000 subscribers in Quebec and
Ontario, Canada, and is evolving to become one of the country's major
telecommunications companies. In addition to its video services, Cogeco offers
high-speed data access to residential, commercial and institutional subscribers.
Cogeco Cable, Inc. is publicly traded on the Toronto stock exchange under (CCA).
AM Communications, Inc., located in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, is the broadband
industry's leading provider of plant, headend, and hub management solutions.
AM's solutions provide network operators with greater control over their
network's performance levels and reliability, giving them a competitive edge in
today's deregulated communications environment. Through partnerships with
leading network technology companies including Philips, Scientific-Atlanta,
General Instrument/Motorola, Barco, ADC, Wavetek Wandel Goltermann, Alpha
Technologies, and Invensys, AM Communications has emerged as a true open systems
company capable of supporting multi-vendor networks through cooperative
engineering. Registered under ISO-9001, AM's 25+ years of quality,
dependability, and service are key to designing, building, and implementing
management solutions for the broadband network.
Visit us at www.amcomm.com
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AM Communications, Inc.)
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