ADTRAN Partners with NRTC to Equip United Cooperative Services with Next-Generation 10G for Northern Texas
May 28 2020 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Rural electric cooperative’s 10G symmetric
service deployment provides leading-edge model for community
broadband enablement
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of
next-generation innovative fiber and fiber extension broadband
access solutions, today announced that, through its Enabling
Communities, Connecting Lives program, it is empowering United
Cooperative Services (UCS) to deliver multi-gigabit services to the
electric cooperative’s membership in 14 counties across North
Texas. Represented by the National Rural Telecommunications Council
(NRTC), UCS is a leading provider of high-performance broadband to
previously underserved rural communities. UCS selected ADTRAN’s 10G
fiber access portfolio to build and manage a flexible and
highly-scalable network and ADTRAN’s Mosaic Device Manager to
better manage end-to-end performance. This deployment supports the
bandwidth-intensive applications its members will rely on to lead
fully connected lives in a global Gigabit Economy.
“UCS is continuously working to find new ways to provide members
with exceptional service and value,” said Cameron Smallwood,
General Manager and Chief Executive Officer at United Cooperative
Services. “Through a member vote, we received a 91% approval rate
to move forward with deploying a network to provide 10G services.
We will be able to provide a seamless high-speed broadband internet
experience to our members, enabling them to thrive in today’s
connected world.”
For over 80 years, UCS has focused on delivering reliable and
affordable power to more than 62,000 residential and business
customers, but high-quality and capacity-rich broadband had not
previously been available to most of its region. UCS understands
that multi-gigabit broadband is as important today as the
electricity services it has historically delivered. By leveraging
ADTRAN’s Total Access 5000 (TA5000) multi-gigabit service platform
for its fiber deployment, UCS is providing its members affordable
high-speed internet options that support video streaming, smart
homes, telemedicine and other emerging applications. This will
enable the communities that UCS serves to drive economic
development, support innovation and improve quality of life for the
thousands of residents on UCS’ network.
To increase operational efficiency and lower costs, UCS also
implemented ADTRAN’s Mosaic Device Manager. Mosaic Device Manager
provides end-to-end provisioning of subscriber devices, performs
remote troubleshooting, increases first call resolution and
decreases the need for truck rolls. Its secure, cloud-based
deployment model will easily scale to grow with UCS while providing
flexibility regardless of location or CPE.
“It is our mission to help our electric cooperative and
telephone members bring the advantages of the best technology
available to their communities,” said Scott Pell, Chief Technology
Officer at NRTC Broadband Solutions, which designed and is managing
the project for UCS. “An important step in this process is to pair
with a vendor that understands the needs of our members. ADTRAN’s
commitment to building flexible and scalable networks, experience
in delivering XGS-PON and long history of serving rural communities
made them the ideal partner for UCS’ network build.”
“UCS is a great example of electric cooperatives across the
nation looking to advance fiber broadband services for their
communities,” said Brian Efimetz, VP of Regional Service Provider
Sales at ADTRAN. “Understanding that every service provider and
their subscribers have unique needs, we take pride in being able to
build and manage networks to support the unique needs and
opportunities of the communities they serve. This deployment
delivers robust broadband service capabilities, and also provides
UCS valuable network analytics to improve service offerings and
diversify revenue streams, while ensuring an exceptional customer
experience.”
About ADTRAN
At ADTRAN, Inc., we believe amazing things happen when people
connect. From the cloud edge to the subscriber edge, we help
communications service providers around the world manage and scale
services that connect people, places and things to advance human
progress. Whether rural or urban, domestic or international, telco
or cable, enterprise or residential—ADTRAN solutions optimize
existing technology infrastructures and create new, multi-gigabit
platforms that leverage cloud economics, data analytics, machine
learning and open ecosystems—the future of global networking. Find
more at ADTRAN, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Ashley Schulte Connect2 Communications for ADTRAN 919-435-9112
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