NHC announces new products for the remote terminal and central office markets
Two cross-connect offerings under the new ControlPoint(TM) name
CHICAGO, Oct. 16 /CNW/ - NHC Communications Inc. (TSE:NHC) announced
today two new products in its newly named ControlPoint(TM) line of advanced,
robotics-based cross-connect products. The announcement was made at NCF 2000,
a leading telecommunications industry trade show.
ControlPoint(TM) is NHC's integrated cross-connect system that uses
robotic technology to automate fully the physical layer. The new ControlPoint
5400 is the largest version of the system made specifically for the central
office locations of ILECs (incumbent local exchange carriers) and the rapidly
growing number of CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers). The
ControlPoint 5400 can cross connect up to 5,400 lines, or can be configured
sequentially (daisy-chained) to allow for management of as many as 16,200
lines in one system. The ControlPoint 5400 allows ILECs and large CLECS to
better manage their central office locations, enables greater ILEC control of
CLEC co-location cable management, and facilitates large-scale line sharing
for DSL (digital subscriber line) services.
ControlPoint 800RT (remote terminal) is NHC's response to customer demand
to extend the popular ControlPoint management capabilities to remote locations
to serve the burgeoning demand for DSL services. The ControlPoint 800RT is a
significant technological advancement because it is weather-hardened to
withstand extreme temperatures throughout North America. NHC's ControlPoint
800RT is the first cross-connect solution that has been tested to perform
reliably and consistently under extreme outdoor conditions.
The system can cross connect up to 800 lines in a highly compact chassis.
This chassis is small enough to fit most recent remote terminal applications,
thus allowing for CLEC co-location at existing remote terminals.
Remote terminals are essential to the extension of DSL services beyond
the limits of central office locations, and represent more than 100,000
locations in the United States alone," said Sylvain Abitbol, President and
CEO, NHC Communications. "We believe this is the single biggest market in the
cross-connect solutions industry."
With these additions, NHC provides the most comprehensive line of cross-
connect products in the market, and the only copper cross connect to support
path redundancy (50:1) in the matrix. ControlPoint allows service providers to
control all copper-based services, including DSL, regardless of where the
providers' customers are located. ControlPoint also dramatically reduces labor
costs induced by on-site wiring jobs.
"NHC has always been focused on product innovations and customer
satisfaction, specifically in the area of any-to-any cross connect
capability," said NHC Chief Technology Officer, Tom Super. "With the addition
of the ControlPoint 5400 and 800RT, all of our customers will have access to
the most advanced connection solutions, no matter how large or small their
needs."
About NHC
NHC Communications Inc. (www.nhc.com) is an international leader in the
design and manufacture of innovative remotely controlled physical layer cross-
connect solutions for established and next-generation voice/data networks.
With a unique range of technologies developed from years of experience, NHC is
at the heart of today's corporate enterprise service market and the
telecommunications industry.
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For further information: NHC Communications Inc.: Sylvain Abitbol,
President & CEO, (514) 734-4302, 1-800-361-1965, s.abitbol@nhc.com;
Sylvain Brossard, CA, Vice President, Finance & Operations, (514) 734-4304,
1-800-361-1965, s.brossard@nhc.com; Dain Bolling, Vice President, Marketing
and New Business Development, (703) 330-4000, d.bolling@nhc.com; Investor
Relations: Martti Kangas or Andrea Berry, The Barnes Organization Inc.,
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