Atlantic Telephone Deploys Ciena's Broadband Loop Carrier

Atlantic Telephone, a member-owned telephone cooperative in North Carolina with 43,000 access lines, has deployed CIENA's CN 1000 Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) platform. The CN 1000 provides POTS, DSL and Packet Voice capability on every line, enabling carriers to software-provision these services to any subscriber - remotely, without manual intervention. The platform integrates the functions of a next-generation DLC (NGDLC), a video-enabled DSLAM, a fiber multiplexer and a packet-ready media gateway. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.ciena.com