SFA's professional services group completes headend installations for 400,000 Cox cable subscribers.
Scientific-Atlanta's SciCare Broadband Services Helps Cox Communications Launch Cable Modem and Interactive Services in Ohio and Louisiana Digital Headend Installation and Activation Includes Integration Of Multivendor Equipment and Provides Services to 400,000 Subscribers in Two States
TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2000 9:27 AM
- PRNewswire
ATLANTA, Jul 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Scientific-Atlanta's (NYSE:SFA) professional services group, SciCare Broadband Services, announced today the completion of headend installations that will provide more than 400,000 Cox Communications cable subscribers in Louisiana and Ohio with expanded access to cable modem and interactive services.
SciCare successfully integrated, installed, and activated analog headends at five hub locations for Cox Communications New Orleans and a master analog and digital headend in Parma, Ohio, serving the metropolitan Cleveland area.
SciCare Broadband Services Provides Multivendor Support
In Parma, Ohio Scientific-Atlanta supplied Prisma(R) fiber optic transmission products, RF Signal Manager, and Transmission Network Control System (TNCS) products. In both systems, Scientific-Atlanta supplied a full suite of its Continuum(R) headend products and provided drafting, design, wiring, installation and real-time system operation monitoring services for Scientific-Atlanta equipment as well as multivendor equipment. Tim Yanda, Cox Parma director of technology said, "We needed to work with an organization that could install not only Scientific-Atlanta equipment, but integrate existing products from other companies; SciCare Broadband Services provided the end-to-end services that we needed."
Cox (New Orleans) Launches Services Ahead of Schedule
The metro New Orleans area upgrade provides an extension of the existing network and allows the operator to push fiber deeper to hub sites located at Metairie, Lapalco, Midcity, St. Charles E. and St. Charles W. The Parma project involved retrofitting an existing headend for higher bandwidth services. Committing up to 10 technicians on-site at any given time, SciCare Broadband Services was able to activate all sites either ahead of or on schedule, allowing Cox to launch new digital services to customers earlier than planned.
In addition to headend installs, SciCare Broadband Services also installed RF Signal Manager and Transmission Network Control System (TNCS) products to give Cox the capability of providing ongoing status monitoring of the outside plant, along with sweep and frequency response monitoring to ensure top network performance and reliability.
Mike Latino, Cox New Orleans vice president, engineering said, "With the time-critical demands of these projects, we needed a group like SciCare Broadband Services with a proven track record and extensive knowledge of the industry and products. This service organization met and often exceeded our expectations."
Larry Bradner, president of SciCare Broadband Services said, "We're committed to providing best-in-class service to our customers. Our staff is knowledgeable, understands the products, and was able to meet Cox's launch deployment schedule, while not only integrating our equipment but also a variety of multivendor products."
About SciCare Broadband Services
SciCare Broadband Services focuses on providing customers with knowledgeable resources and proven processes to efficiently build, deploy and implement leading-edge products and services to meet the growing demands of customers. The group's enhanced multivendor offerings include: digital subscriber network launch implementation, customer network expansion, application developer support and launch, inside integration and outside plant services, project management, planning and design, test and certification, operation and maintenance, customer service and support, and training.
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc (http://www.scientificatlanta.com) is a leading supplier of broadband transmission networks, digital interactive subscriber systems for video, data, and voice 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 the Company's actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to the Company's
Cautionary Statements (Exhibit 99 to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q), which statements are incorporated into this news release by reference.
SciCare is a trademark, and Prisma and Continuum are registered trademarks of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. All other products or brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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