Kingston Communications selects Terawave as strategic FTTP vendor

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, July 1, 2005

Terawave Communications announced that it has secured a contract to supply U.K.-based Kingston Communications its FTTP multiservice converged broadband access platform to facilitate the delivery of advanced services for service providers, government, and MSOs to its customers in Lincs, U.K.

"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."

"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 multiservice 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."

Terawave Communications is delivering converged access solutions to over 70 customers in 5 continents. For further information, visit www.terawave.com.