June 16, 2008

EMBARQ selects Adtran TA5000

ADTRAN announced that Embarq Corporation has selected ADTRAN's Total Access(R) 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform for deployment in its network. This approval expands ADTRAN's reach into the EMBARQ network, where ADTRAN equipment is already widely deployed supporting a variety of broadband applications.

"The services and applications that our customers need are becoming more data centric," said Jim Hansen, senior vice president of Network Services, EMBARQ. "This is driving our network toward more converged, packet-based technologies like Ethernet. The Total Access 5000, with its core Ethernet architecture, provides us with the flexibility to support a wide range of applications--all with the same platform."

"We are excited to have the Total Access 5000 approved for deployment in EMBARQ's network," said Bob Fredrickson, vice president of sales, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division. "The Total Access 5000 is a great solution for not only enabling broadband services for both residential and business solutions, but for helping carriers like EMBARQ with the migration of existing services onto the IP/Ethernet core."

The ADTRAN Total Access 5000 is a carrier class multi-service access and aggregation platform that bridges the gap between existing and next-generation networks. With an all-Ethernet core, the Total Access 5000 supports both legacy and emerging service interfaces over copper and fiber, easily scaling to support bandwidth intensive applications. This scalable Ethernet architecture allows carriers to use the Total Access 5000 to economically address both legacy and next generation services while providing a seamless path toward a converged network.


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