Wave7 Optics Selected for Large FTTP Deployment in Tenn.

The Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) of Jackson, Tennessee, a municipal utility company, selected Wave7 Optics for a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network that is expected to pass some 31,000 homes and businesses in 2005. Jackson Energy is the local electrical utility. Wave7 is scheduled to begin delivering network equipment in December 2003 and JEA anticipates it will initiate deployment in Q1 2004. The network will be used to deliver over 250 analog and digital cable television channels, high-speed (up to 500 Mbps) two-way business and residential Internet connections, full featured POTS and IP telephony (as a carrier's carrier for local CLECs). Commercial activation of the network is expected in Q2 2004. Wave7's solution is an IP and Ethernet optical access system that provides all traditional "carrier-grade" telephone services (including fax), high-speed data (e.g., Internet service) and both analog and digital video (including IP streaming video). Wave7 provides standard data, telephone and CATV interfaces at its customer premise devices, accommodating existing home and business telephone, television and computer systems. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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