ARRIS Receives Major CMTS Order from Japanese MSO

Jupiter Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (J-COM Broadband), Japan's largest multiple system operator (MSO), has deployed a number of ARRIS Cadant C4 Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS). J-COM will use the platform to support the very high data rate services it is offering, as well as to ease their upgrade to high density DOCSIS 2.0 operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.


As of 31-Dec-2003, J-COM served 1,781,800 subscribing households in the Hokkaido, Kanto, Kansai, and Kyushu regions of Japan. J-COM Broadband's principal shareholders are Liberty Media Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. http://www.arrisi.comhttp://www.jcom.co.jp/corporate/english.html