En-Touch Deploys Marconi Fiber-to-the-Curb Solution to More Effectively Deliver Next-Generation Multimedia Services to Houston Homeowners Fiber-to-the-Curb Gains in Popularity for New Developments of All Sizes
PITTSBURGH, Aug 14, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Marconi (London: MNI), a global supplier of advanced communications solutions, today announced that En-Touch Systems, Inc. is deploying the Marconi fiber-to-the-curb solution, DISC*S(R) FITL, to master-planned communities in its Houston serving area, slated to eventually serve up to 40,000 homes.
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En-Touch -- a competitive telecommunications service provider offering bundled voice, data and video services to communities in the Houston metropolitan area -- plans to begin deployment of the future-ready FTTC solution in its next construction phases. This will enable En-Touch to offer its customers premium telephone, cable TV, home security and high-speed Internet services today, while positioning the company to quickly and easily meet demand for a rich selection of futuristic services tomorrow.
"Fiber-to-the-curb is really coming of age. Increasingly, both new and established service providers are finding this an exciting and affordable solution -- for communities of any size," said Mike Pratt, executive vice president and general manager, Access Products Group, Marconi. "Marconi is eliminating the bottlenecks that prevent today's consumers from fully leveraging the high-bandwidth applications that will change the way we all live, work and play."
"Deploying Marconi's proven FTTC platform, a solution that can be seamlessly integrated into our existing network architecture, was the logical next step in helping us continue to provide our customers with the best service possible," said Scott Van Derhei, President, En-Touch Systems. "Without fiber, En-Touch would have had to set up numerous separate copper networks to deliver voice, data and video services, a labor-intensive and costly undertaking."
About the Marconi FTTC Solution
Marconi's DISC*S FITL is a field-proven fiber-to-the-curb solution noted for carrier-class reliability and availability. The highly efficient, proven DISC*S FITL architecture allows service providers to generate revenue from today's services while positioning themselves to deliver the high-bandwidth services of tomorrow.
DISC*S FITL enables service providers to maximize the use of fiber in their networks. Video, data and voice can all be supplied over a single fiber. This modular platform contains 96 to 672 access lines per system.
Marconi is an industry leader in deep fiber access with more than one million lines deployed and more than three million lines of service capacity. Through technology innovation and practical business know-how, Marconi is delivering an optical last mile solution that dramatically improves service providers' return-on-investment.
About En-Touch
Founded specifically to provide advanced telecommunications services to quality master-planned communities, En-Touch Systems, Inc., designs, builds and operates bundled telecommunications services networks serving communities throughout the Houston, Texas, area.
A fiber-to-the-curb network deployed in a SONET-ring configuration delivers bundled services to customers including local and long distance telephone service, digital cable TV, high speed Internet access and monitored home entry alarm service to homes and businesses. En-Touch is one of the first companies in the U.S. to provide competitive bundled telecommunications services. It holds the first Certificate of Operating Authority (COA) granted by the Texas state P.U.C. providing for the entry of ompetitive, facilities-based telephone companies into the Texas telecommunications market.
About Marconi plc
Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company with 49,000 employees worldwide and sales in over 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet. Marconi plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI. The headquarters of Marconi Communications is in Pittsburgh, PA.
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