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Press ReleaseZhone's New MXK Intelligent Terabit Access Platform Gains USDA Rural Utilities Service Acceptance for FTTx ServicesMXK Eligible for RUS Funding to Speed Universal Broadband ServiceOakland, CA — June 30, 2009 —
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global leader in access network
solutions, announced today that its new MXK platform has been accepted by the
US Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) for use by
RUS program participants. RUS and the National Telecommunications and
Information Agency (NTIA) are responsible for dispersing the $7.2 billion in
economic stimulus funding allocated for broadband initiatives under the 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
RUS provides grants and low cost loans to help network operators secure
authorized equipment to bring high-speed broadband services to rural and
underserved communities. Zhone products first gained RUS acceptance in 2003,
with the recently announced MXK being the newest addition to the program.
Zhone's MXK represents significant milestones in broadband access
networking and is expressly designed to support the new generation of HD media
and on-demand video that require enormous amounts of dedicated bandwidth. In
addition to providing a 2x bandwidth improvement over the closest competing
platform, the MXK leverages Zhone's well-proven SLMS access operating
system, giving network operators sophisticated service intelligence and
intuitive management with ten years of feature development right out of the
gate. The MXK is also the only platform to feature Smart OMCI (Optical Network
Terminal Management Control Interface) for true ONT standards-based
interoperability and ease of use.
"Zhone's MXK is well-suited to NTIA and RUS stimulus projects,"
said Ron Westfall, Research Director, Access and Applications for Current
Analysis. "The platform is designed to substantially reduce the cost of
broadband for operators and thereby improve service availability and speed,
right in line with the Obama Administration's goals for the broadband
stimulus programs."
"We're impressed with the performance, ease of installation,
flexibility and cost effective price per port provided by Zhone," said
Jeff Lee, Plant Manager for Wisconsin based Chequamegon Communications.
"The MXK has the horsepower and the backplane to offer the mega capacity
and port counts we need to meet the ever-growing bandwidth desires of our
customers."
"We are very proud of what we've accomplished with the MXK, and
we're excited by the opportunity that RUS listing provides our
customers," said Steven Glapa, VP of product management and marketing for
Zhone. "We believe that the MXK's benchmark-setting performance can
indeed make a significant contribution toward the achievement of America's
broadband objectives."
For more information about Zhone's MXK, or to ask about the RUS program
please visit http://www.zhone.com/products/MXK/
or call (877) Zhone-20 (946-6320). About Zhone Technologies -- Access for a Converging World
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) is a global leader in
multi-service access solutions, serving more than 700 of the world's
most innovative network operators. The company offers the industry's
only fully-integrated portfolio of MSAP, FTTx, EFM and Wi-Fi access
technologies, improving network agility and reducing the costs of
delivering the full spectrum of access services, including residential
and business broadband, VoIP, and High-Definition IPTV -- over copper,
fiber, and wireless. Zhone is headquartered in California, and its MSAP
products are all manufactured in the USA, in a facility that is
emission, waste-water, and CFC free.
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