May 19, 2008

ON Telecoms Selects Zhone for EFM

 Zhone Technologies announced that ON Telecom’s has selected Zhone’s MALC multi-service access platform (MSAP) to deliver premium EFM (Ethernet in the first mile) business services throughout the Attica region in Greece. ON Telecoms will deploy Zhone’s MALC paired with EtherXtend subscriber site equipment in tandem with the Zhone Management System (ZMS) for guaranteed end-to-end performance with enforced IP service level agreements (SLAs).

ON Telecoms selected Zhone’s EFM solution to support a company-wide initiative to win high-end business customers away from expensive leased line service, historically the only option in the region for corporate customers requiring premium service guarantees.

“Today medium-to-top businesses in Greece rely mainly on leased line circuits which are extremely expensive. This has created pent up demand for a competitive alternative for businesses requiring reliable, high performance connections,” said, Karolos Gikas, On Telecoms’ CEO. “Zhone’s end-to-end EFM platforms enable ON Telecoms to introduce a real and competitive alternative for businesses requiring state-of-the-art communications with premium service guarantees.”

After trialing platforms from other leading EFM vendors, ON Telecoms selected Zhone to support the expansion of its business service portfolio to discerning corporate customers who typically require symmetric point-to-point or point-to-multipoint connections, high symmetric internet feeds and multi-primary rate interface (PRI) telephony service. ON Telecoms cited superior scalability and carrier grade platform redundancy as key decision factors.

Zhone’s standards-based SHDS.bis EFM platforms enable ON Telecoms to deliver 40 Mbps symmetric services with guaranteed SLAs and quality of service guarantees. ON Telecoms EFM initiative is matched by the company’s elite customer support policy, aiming for the highest level of the market. Founded just 18 months ago, ON Telecoms has already won 70,000 customers and has built a fiber optic network to reach 300,000 business customers and 1,350,000 households.

“Zhone is proud to provide ON Telecoms industry-leading platforms to ensure a high degree of market agility while ensuring delivery of up-to-the-minute communications services today and into the future,” said Cesare Sironi, GM of global strategy for Zhone. “The introduction of EFM and the new generation of services, reinforce ON Telecoms presence as a reliable and solid business-to-business telecom player in the Greek market.”

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