Monday, March 9, 2009

Occam Networks Announces 3 More GPON Deployments

Ballard Telephone (LaCenter, Kentucky), Peoples Rural Telephone (McKee, Kentucky) and Nex-Tech (Hays, Kansas) have purchased and deployed Occam Networks' GPON solutions. Some details on the deployments:

  • Ballard Telephone has deployed Occam's Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC) 6322 GPON Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and ON 2442 GPON Triple Play Gateway Optical Network Terminals (ONTs). Ballard is deploying FTTH as part of a strategy to offer subscribers traditional and entertainment services including IP video on demand. Ballard has also purchased Occam's BLC 6450 10 GigE Optical Packet Transport and Optical Line Termination hardware, and BLC 6252 ADSL2Plus and POTS with Gigabit Ethernet hardware.


  • Peoples Rural Telephone now offers advanced voice services, high-speed data and video via RF overlay using Occam's BLC 6322 GPON OLT hardware and ON 2445 ONTs. Peoples also purchased Occam's award winning BLC 6012i high capacity chassis. As a result of this deployment, more than 50 percent of subscribers in Peoples' geography are now served with Occam equipment.


  • Nex-Tech, a subsidiary of Rural Telephone, has selected Occam's GPON products. Nex-Tech offers high-speed data, T1, IPTV and advanced voice services. The company has deployed Occam's Gigabit Ethernet FTTP equipment in the past.
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