Missouri 's Fidelity Comm. Selects Occam BLC 6000

Fidelity Communications Co., a Missouri-based company with 16,000 ILEC customers and 7,100 CLEC customers, has selected the Occam Networks' BLC 6000 System to deliver POTS, high-speed data, and transparent LAN service to banks and other business subscribers located in the area served by the company's CLEC subsidiary. The ILEC has deployed the BLC System in multiple sites throughout its service area. Currently, Fidelity has Occam BLCs installed and delivering services to CLEC customers from Fidelity's Central Offices (COs) in Bourbon, Cuba and St. James, Mo., where they compete with CenturyTel, and St. Robert, Mo., where they compete with Sprint. Each CO site has a secure Ethernet ring protected by Ethernet Protection Switching (EPS) on which it can easily add new subscribers or deliver new services. Financial terms were not disclosed.



The BLC's Circuit Emulation Service (CES) enables Fidelity to transport T1 trunks between switches, PBXs and routers to provide connectivity to small- and medium-sized businesses over a resilient optic Ethernet ring, as well as helps it to conserve its fiber runs. http://www.occamnetworks.com