Kingston Communications choisit Terawave comme fournisseur strat?gique de solutions FTTP

Presse économique / High-tech

HAYWARD, Californie -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- June 8, 2005 -- Terawave Communications a annoncé ce jour avoir remporté un contrat aux termes duquel la société fournira sa plate-forme d’accès convergent multi-services FTTP (Fiber To The Premises)* à large bande à la société britannique Kingston Communications, afin de faciliter la livraison de services améliorés à destination des prestataires de services, institutions gouvernementales et MSO (organisations de services aux marchés) pour ses clients de la ville de Lincs, au Royaume-Uni.

* FTTP : Système de télécommunications à large bande, associé à l’électronique optique et fournissant des services haut débit aux particuliers et aux entreprises via des câbles à fibres optiques, NDLT

Kingston Communications Selects Terawave as Strategic FTTP Vendor

Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2005--Terawave Communications announced today that it has secured a contract to supply UK-based Kingston Communications its FTTP multiservice converged broadband access platform to facilitate the delivery of advanced services for service providers, government and MSO to its customers in Lincs, UK

"Kingston wanted to select the best leading edge technology available in the market today.

We wanted to deliver a futureproof optical access platform capable of offering our customers the most advanced broadband services available in the UK now and in the foreseeable future," said Paul Drummond, sales director at Kingston Communications.

"After extensive trials we selected Terawave because it offered the reliability, scalability and ease of installation and operation we were looking for," added Mr. Drummond

"Working closely with our local partner Fiber Options Ltd., we offered Kingston our field proven PON platform, the most suitable solution on which to build its next generation multi-service access network," said Frank Lockwood, Sr. VP Sales and Marketing of Terawave Communications.

"By selecting Terawave, Kingston will be able to offer VLAN, VPS, TDM private line, ATM and video services with guaranteed control rate and QoS while containing capital and operational expenditures at the same time."

About Kingston Communications

Kingston Communications is a leading provider of communications solutions to businesses and public sector organisations throughout the UK

The Kingston Group includes Affiniti, the communications integrator created from the coming together of Kingston Communications' Business Services division, Omnetica and Technica in 2005.

Affiniti provides secure voice, data, video, mobile, wireless and storage solutions that enable businesses to exploit the opportunities that come with converged communications

Kingston's national capabilities have been built on its strong foundations within East Yorkshire, where the company has been providing leading edge services to residential and business customers for over 100 years and where it has been a pioneer in the use of ADSL technology

The Kingston Group also includes Eclipse Internet, an established and growing broadband ISP that delivers internet connectivity and services to businesses and consumers throughout the UK

About Terawave Communications

Terawave Communications is a leading manufacturer of next generation converged access solutions for service providers, MSOs, government and enterprise customers.

The Terawave family of products integrates all types of user services over PON, Gigabit Ethernet, SDH and SONET network facilities.

Terawave supports a comprehensive suite of networking protocols, including IP, MPLS and ATM.

User services include Ethernet private lines and VPLS VPNs, TDM private lines, video and telemetry

Terawave's platforms enable the most cost effective aggregation of voice, video and data on a single network access point.

The Terawave Management System (TMS) provides state of the art management services that give our customers the ability to deliver services and bandwidth on demand, while minimizing time to market, and reducing capital and operating expenditures

Terawave Communications is delivering converged access solutions to over 70 customers in 5 continents.

For further information, visit www.terawave.com

CONTACT:

Terawave Communications

Luis Tondi, 510-401-2227

[email protected]

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SOURCE: Terawave Communications