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Press ReleaseZhone’s zNIDs and MXK FTTx Platforms Selected by the City of Salisbury for Municipal Fiber ProjectSalisbury Seeds Community Cohesion and Economic Growth through Advanced Communications ServicesOakland, CA — January 27, 2010 —
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global leader in network access
solutions, today announced The City of Salisbury in North Carolina has
selected Zhone’s MXK and zNID Fiber to the Home (FTTH) solutions to serve as
the bedrock platforms for a visionary municipal broadband initiative now
underway. Salisbury officials cite interactive HDTV, telemedicine, advanced
emergency services and greater community cohesion as potential differentiators
in attracting knowledge workers and seeding new business growth in the
shifting digital economy.
Leveraging fundamental design advancements in non-blocking architecture,
Zhone’s MXK platform and zNID Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) are optimized
to support unicast media streams that require vast amounts of dedicated
bandwidth for applications like interactive HD video and telemedicine. For
Salisbury, Zhone’s integrated approach to FTTH results in lowered equipment
costs, increased network control, and targeted service differentiation on the
full range of FTTx services.
“We don’t want to rely on the technology or timeline of existing carriers to
meet our goals for a communications network that gives us a competitive
advantage in attracting new businesses to our city,” said Mike Crowell,
director of broadband services for Salisbury. “Zhone’s FTTx system proved to
be the most powerful solution with twice the capacity over other platforms on
the market. That nets out to significantly lowered bandwidth costs, while
giving us the freedom to grow network services as we grow our city.”
Salisbury officials conducted an exhaustive feasibility study, including case
studies, user satisfaction surveys and a thorough business case analysis
before commencement of the project. Precedence showed a dramatic increase in
service adoption when customers had the choice of municipally owned broadband
service, surveyors said. About Zhone Technologies
Zhone Technologies is a worldwide leading supplier of communications
network equipment for telephone companies and cable operators. Zhone is
enabling enhanced services by allowing network operators to offer
broadband services over their existing networks today while
simultaneously retooling for packet-based VoIP and IPTV over both copper
and fiber access lines.
By utilizing Ethernet and IP technology, Zhone's products simplify
network operations by consolidating multiple services onto a single
access line. This convergence of services and networks simplifies
provisioning and operations, delivers quality and reliability, and opens
the door for delivering exciting new services.
Zhone pioneered this new category of products now commonly referred to
as Broadband Loop Carriers (BLCs) which are regarded among the fastest
growing segments of the multi-billion dollar DSL market. According to
industry analysts, Zhone is first in broadband loop carrier market
share. Zhone is also first in Ethernet over bonded copper market share
and Zhone's products were awarded top ranking among BLCs.
With corporate headquarters in Oakland, California, Zhone operates
development centers across North America and has sales and service
facilities and customers spanning the globe. With deployments at over
600 carriers including some of the world's largest networks, Zhone
has enabled carriers to reinvent their businesses.
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