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Zhone Technologies Expands Customer Relationship with Norvado via New MXK(TM) Deployment
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Zhone Technologies Expands Customer Relationship with Norvado via New MXK (TM) Deployment
North American service provider expands service network with stimulus dollars
Oakland, CA - May 15, 2012 - Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global leader in FTTx network access solutions, today announced a new MXK(TM) deployment with Norvado , an advanced telecommunications provider serving business and residential customers in northwest Wisconsin. Together, the companies have built an FTTx GPON network to support fast delivery of affordable and reliable high-speed Internet access, VoIP and video services. This deployment will cover thirty percent of Norvado's customer base in the following rural counties; Bayfield, Douglas,Ashland and Sawyer.
Since the inception of its relationship with Zhone in 2008, Norvado's subscribers have benefited from the broadband investment in Zhone solutions. As connectivity demands increase from businesses and residences, the unmatched flexibility and scalability of the Zhone MXK platform is sought after by service providers across the globe. Zhone's ability to provide GPON connectivity in facilitating network and service upgrades to FTTH has been repeatedly demonstrated in similar stimulus projects throughout the United States; representative customers include Myakka Communications , Hardy Telecommunications , Shawnee Telephone and Yadkin Valley Telephone .
The broadband stimulus has been a challenge for many service providers that want to expand their service network, including Norvado, due to the regulation process and timeline struggles. Zhone has deployed stimulus-funded networks to customers including Norvado and others, and will continue to do so. The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the start of the 2012 Measuring Broadband America process, signaling its ongoing investment in the program, which translated into confirmation that Zhone and its broadband stimulus customers are collectively headed in the right direction with these types of deployments.
"Zhone's MXK multi-service access platform and its complementary offerings combine to deliver outstanding IP video, voice and broadband data to our customers," emphasized Jeff Lee, plant manager for Norvado. "We chose Zhone's MXK platform to pair with our already-established bonded ADSL and XDSL networks, for the increased density, scale and performance. Zhone offers a proven multi-service solution designed around IP transmission. Its ability to deliver any card, any slot and any service supporting any access technology is precisely what we needed to address our expansion needs."
"The successful, expanded work with Norvado is a clear reflection of Zhone's swift deployment time, consistent reliability and superior customer service," noted Brian Caskey, chief marketing officer for Zhone. "Service providers like Norvado recognize the assets offered by the core functionalities of the MXK, including flexibility, scalability and ease of use. Zhone's extensive experience managing the complexity of multi-service access is showcased through the results garnered from this and other recent deployments."
To date, Zhone has deployed more than 3,000 of its fully redundant, carrier-grade all-IP MXK platforms with more than 150 service providers globally, signaling an FTTx customer growth rate of more than 450 percent in the three-year period from January 2009 to January 2012. Total subscriber capacity supported by these deployments now exceeds 20 million. Featuring industry-leading density, scalability and switching capacity, the MXK is the industry's first terabit access concentrator and provides non-blocking capacity of up to 3,600 100 Mbps GPON subscribers or 360 1G Active Ethernet subscribers. Zhone has also driven more than 8,500 percent ONT growth and more than 9,800 percent OLT growth since solution inception.
For more information about Zhone's MXK solution, please visit http://www.zhone.com/products/MXK/ .
About Zhone Technologies
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) is a global leader in all IP multi-service access solutions, serving more than 750 of the world's most innovative network operators. The IP Zhone is the only solution that enables service providers to build the network of the future.today, supporting end-to-end Voice, Data, Entertainment Social Media, Business, Mobile Backhaul and Mobility service. Zhone is committed to building the fastest and highest quality All IP Multi-Service solution for its customers. Zhone is headquartered inCalifornia and its products are manufactured in theUSA in a facility that is emission, waste-water and CFC free.
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