Paradyne unveiled its next-generation Broadband Access Concentrator designed for voice, video and high-speed data. Key features of the new platform include:
- ADSL2+, providing performance speeds up to 29 Mbps.
- POTS and VoIP, allowing service providers to support lifeline telephone service from the same platform enabling VoIP or VoATM at the edge of the network.
- T1/E1, enabling service providers to provision circuit-based lines from the same platform.
- G.SHDSL – both single pair and bonded pairs – supporting business-class voice and data applications and widely deployed for delivery of VoIP to small and medium-sized businesses.
- ReachDSL – Paradyne’s patented technology for extended distance
- two models, including a high-density version for up to 2,592 ports per 7 foot rack, and a medium-density version for deployment in small central offices or remote terminals. Both units feature Gigabit Ethernet uplinks as well as a full suite of ATM uplinks.
BaneTele, which owns and operates a fiber network across Norway has selected Paradyne’s Broadband Access Concentrator for IP-based broadband services, including ADSL and SHDSL, as well as traditional TDM business-class services. IBM Global Services is serving as the turnkey system integrator for Paradyne’s BaneTele deployment together with Paradyne’s Scandinavian distributor Elltepe Broadband Technology AB. http://www.paradyne.com