Cherokee Communications Selects Zhone Technologies to Meet Exploding Bandwidth Needs
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Leading southeast Oklahoma ILEC leverages Zhone MXK platform to provide triple-
play services to local access customers
Oakland, CA - August 15, 2012 - Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a
global leader in FTTx network access solutions, today announced that it is
working with Cherokee Communications, the leading telecommunications provider in
Southeast Oklahoma, to advance the service provider's network and support
delivery of affordable triple-play services to residential and business
subscribers.
Cherokee Communications' growing customer base demanded an upgrade of its
network. To address the need for connectivity, turning to Zhone was the
intuitive next step. The Zhone MXK(TM)platform boasts unmatched flexibility and
scalability; its ability to provide Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) and
VDSL2 connectivity in facilitating network and service upgrades has been
repeatedly demonstrated in similar projects throughout North America.
The full-featured MXK enables Cherokee Communications to combine data, video and
voice in one platform over a pure packet access network. With the integration of
VDSL2 interfaces, which support bandwidth speeds up to 100Mbps, Cherokee
Communications' customers will have access to wire-speed gigabit connectivity.
The derived POTS lines will also enable the service provider to take advantage
of a low-cost packet network and still provide subscribers with traditional POTS
service.
"For our growing business, we needed an access vendor with effective network
management capabilities," said Samuel Sanchez, operations manager at Cherokee
Communications. "The increased density, scale and performance provided by the
Zhone MXK and zNID(TM) Optical Network Terminals ONTs, allow us to simplify our
network complexity and address any challenges. The primary reason we chose the
Zhone solution was its ability to provide multiple services on a single
platform, including Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM). This network upgrade
allows us to provide advanced communications and connectivity to our residential
and business customers."
"Like several of our other domestic customers, Cherokee Communications benefits
from the full range of delivery mediums that can be deployed side-by-side in the
MXK, limiting the cost of network upgrades and ongoing broadband deployments,"
explained Brian Caskey, chief marketing officer for Zhone. "Flexibility and ease
of use are two of the core MXK functionalities that resonate with service
providers, and ones that have helped make us a leading provider of fiber
solutions in North America."
Zhone has extensive experience managing the complexity of multi-service access
and, as a result, has built the telecom industry's most comprehensive portfolio
of scalable FTTx solutions. The MXK's feature set aligns well with Cherokee
Communications' specific field requirements, enabling Zhone to provide optimum
cost efficiency and maximum service differentiation in the operator's network in
combination with the zNID ONTs that will be installed at the residence and
business sites to support individual subscriber service needs.
To date, Zhone has deployed more than 3,600 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 27 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 in California
and its products are manufactured in the USA in a facility that is emission,
waste-water and CFC free.
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