New Cornerstone Dual-Host Digital Terminal Doubles Line Capacity in the Same Space; Improves the Operators Business Case for Cable Telephony
PR Newswire, Wednesday, May 05, 1999 at 13:20
ATLANTA, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Arris Interactive, a Nortel Networks/ANTEC company today announced its new Dual-Host Digital Terminal (Dual-HDT) combining all the functionality of two HDTs into the same frame as the current single HDT. This enhanced design significantly reduces the space requirement for two HDTs in an operator's headend or central office and minimizes their capital investment in floor space. Part of the Cornerstone Voice family, the Dual-HDT is a versatile, modular system that interfaces GR303, V5.2 or Nortel's proprietary DMSx digital telephony switches to hybrid-fiber/coax (HFC) distribution equipment. With RF Concentration, the Dual-HDT can support up to 6,720 lines of basic and advanced services to subscribers. It is packaged in an attractive 7' x 23" bay that complies with Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) standards and European Telecommunications Standardization Institute (ETSI) standards. The new Dual-HDT will begin shipping to customers this month.
"Arris Interactive is committed to offering innovative and economical HFC telephony solutions that meet our customer's market requirements," said Jim Lakin, Vice President of Arris Interactive. "The scalable architecture of the Dual-HDT makes it easy for an operator to grow as demand grows without having to expand the space required for additional headend equipment. And, coupled with our IP Access Gateway, the Dual-HDT offers a seamless, cost-effective migration strategy to Arris Interactive's planned IP-based telephony solutions."
The Dual HDT includes the following major components:
* Access Bandwidth Manager Shelves that interface between a digital switch
and the Modem Shelves, and provides high speed interfaces for
provisioning and network management.
* Modem Shelves that convert RF signals from the HFC network into a form
that can be used by the digital telephony switch -- and vice versa.
* Spectrum Managers, which support real-time intelligent frequency agility
to automatically change the upstream frequency assigned to a call when
ingress noise could interfere and which serve as an upstream spectrum
monitor and data-gathering device.
The Cornerstone Voice system consists of a Host Digital Terminal, located at the cable headend, connected to Voice Ports, located at homes or businesses. It converts voice into digital signals at the Voice Port for transmission over the cable operator's HFC plant. The Voice Port is an environmentally hardened unit designed for the rigors of outside plant deployment in diverse operating conditions. It delivers all the enhanced telephony features (e.g. Caller ID, call waiting and high-speed modems) which consumers have come to expect from their local phone service.
The Cornerstone Voice system has been deployed commercially for over three years and has proven to be robust and reliable in twenty-nine different systems to date. With 20 operators deploying, or planning to deploy Cornerstone Voice in more than 40 cities and over 300,000 lines shipped to date, Arris Interactive is the leading supplier of HFC telephony systems. The Cornerstone IP Access Gateway provides a cost-effective migration path to future IP-based telephony.
Cornerstone Voice is being used commercially by more cable operators around the world than any other cable telephony product. Commercially deployed customers include AT&T, Black Hills Fibercomm/GLA, Cox Communications, Cablevision Lightpath, Time Warner, ITC Globe, Ironton Telephone/Service Electric Cable, Knology, Titus Communications (Japan), Jupiter Telecommunications (Japan), VTR Telefonica (Chile), Priority Telecom (Austria), tss (Germany), and several other unannounced operators.
Arris Interactive is jointly owned by Nortel Networks (Northern Telecom) and ANTEC. Arris Interactive sells its products through ANTEC for US cable operators and through Nortel Networks for other US network operators, international network operators and Canadian cable companies.
For more information:
Blair King
Arris Interactive
(770) 622-8541
email, blair.king@arris-i.com
Visit arris.com for other recent press releases on Cornerstone, a list of all current Cornerstone customers and a basic tutorial on cable telephony.
Cornerstone is a trademark of Northern Telecom under license to Arris Interactive.
Voice Port is a trademark of Arris Interactive.
Nortel Networks is a trademark of Northern Telecom.
Cornerstone Fact Sheet
Cornerstone is the world's leading coax telephony system, using broadband hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks to provide superlative phone service to residential and business customers. Cornerstone consists of telecommunications equipment and services from Arris Interactive, a joint venture between Nortel Networks (Northern Telecom) and ANTEC Corp.
Name Location Status Channel
AT&T Various locations Planned ANTEC
Cablevision In commercial
Lightpath Long Island, New York service ANTEC
Cablevision In commercial
Lightpath Norwalk, Connecticut service ANTEC
Cox
Communications Hampton Roads, Virginia Planned ANTEC
Cox In commercial
Communications Hartford, Connecticut service ANTEC
Cox
Communications New Orleans, Louisiana Planned ANTEC
Cox
Communications Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Planned ANTEC
Cox In commercial
Communications Omaha, Nebraska service ANTEC
Cox In commercial
Communications Phoenix, Arizona service ANTEC
Cox In commercial
Communications San Diego, California service ANTEC
TBA US Trial ANTEC
TBA US Trial ANTEC
TCI Hartford, Connecticut In commercial ANTEC
service
Time-Warner Rochester, New York In commercial ANTEC
service
TBA US Planned Nortel
Networks
Ironton Telephone/ In commercial Nortel
Service Electric Cable Pennsylvania service Networks
Globe In commercial Nortel
Telecommunications Newnan, Georgia service Networks
Jupiter
Telecommunications In commercial Nortel
(TCI affiliate) Tokyo, Japan service Networks
KNOLOGY Holdings, Inc. Augusta, Georgia In commercial Nortel
service Networks
KNOLOGY Holdings, In commercial Nortel
Inc. Charleston, South Carolina service Networks
KNOLOGY Holdings, In commercial Nortel
Inc. Columbus, Georgia service Networks
KNOLOGY Holdings, In commercial Nortel
Inc. Montgomery, Alabama service Networks
KNOLOGY Holdings, In commercial Nortel
Inc. Panama City, Florida service Networks
KNOLOGY Holdings, Nortel
Inc. TBA Planned Networks
TBA Southeast US In commercial Nortel
service Networks
Priority Telecom In commercial Nortel
(UPC affiliate) Vienna, Austria service Networks
TBA Caribbean Trial Nortel
Networks
SPTA Spain In commercial Nortel
service Networks
Retecal Spain In commercial Nortel
service Networks
CTC Spain In commercial Nortel
service Networks
CasTel Europe Planned Nortel
Networks
TBA Canada Planned Nortel
Networks
TBA US Trial Nortel
Networks
TBA US Planned Nortel
Networks
TBA US Planned Nortel
Networks
Titus Communications In commercial Nortel
(US West Int'l affiliate) Tokyo, Japan service Networks
tss, gmbh Germany In commercial Nortel
service Networks
VTR In commercial Nortel
(UIH & SBC affiliate) Santiago, Chile service Networks
Market Status
* More than 135,000 lines in service
* Proven performance in 10 global markets
Arris Interactive, headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, provides products that allow broadband network operators to address new business opportunities on hybrid fiber coax networks.
Nortel Networks, headquartered in Toronto, has responsibility for sales of Cornerstone systems to the international market, to North American telephone companies and other non-MSO network operators and to Canadian cable operators. Nortel Networks works with customers to design, build and integrate digital networks -- for information, entertainment, education, and business -- offering one of the broadest choices of network solutions in the industry.
ANTEC Corp. (NASDAQ:ANTC), headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, has responsibility for sales of Cornerstone to US cable MSOs. ANTEC is an international communications technology company serving the broadband information transport industries. ANTEC specializes in the manufacturing, materials management, product development and distribution of products for hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) networks as well as the design and engineering of these networks.
Cornerstone is a trademark of Nortel Networks under license to Arris Interactive.
Voice Port is a trademark of Arris Interactive.
SOURCE ANTEC Corporation
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/CONTACT: Blair King of Arris Interactive, 770-622-8541, or email, blair.king@arris-i.com /
/Web site: antec.com / |
