Occam in the News
Occam Networks Selected by FairPoint Communications' Network Upgrade
By Anil Sharma, TMCnet
January 18, 2008
Occam Networks has been selected by FairPoint Communications as the lead access equipment provider for a major broadband upgrade of FairPoint's network in northern New England, once the proposed acquisition of Verizon's (News - Alert) wireline businesses in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine is closed.
Occam Networks' broadband access solutions empower service providers to offer profitable new voice, data and video services over copper and fiber. Occam systems deliver flexibility and scalability in a Triple Play world. More than 1.6 million BLC 6000 ports are currently deployed at over 260 service providers in North America and the Caribbean.
The upgrade project will be taken up in phases. While the first phase will include building 10GB redundant Ethernet rings to more than 200 Central Offices throughout the three-state region, phase two will add more than 50,000 DSL lines to rural areas that previously did not have broadband service.
“The FairPoint selection committee combined with an independent engineering firm to conduct a thorough evaluation of the leading access equipment providers,” Peter Nixon, president of FairPoint said. “Occam was selected based on superior product features, their unique capability to handle the scale of our project and the strong track record they have compiled with our FairPoint properties over the years. We've made firm commitments to expand broadband to the residents of Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, and we are confident our partnership with Occam will equal success.”
“The Occam equipment positions FairPoint to deliver high-speed broadband services over both copper and fiber to residential and business subscribers,” said Michael Brown, vice president of access networks at FairPoint. “We wanted an end-to-end IP Network using the best-in-class equipment, and Occam outperformed all other vendors.”