Cable Bahamas to launch fiber-to-the-premise using C-COR's FTTmaX platform - Tests/Trials - Brief Article

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, Feb 6, 2004

C-COR.net Corp. announced that Cable Bahamas Ltd. has selected C-COR's FTTmaX platform for a field trial of Fiber-to-the-Premise technology supporting voice, video, and data services to its Bahamian subscribers. C-COR equipment initially deployed in January 2004 includes an FTTmaX headend for the operator's central office and optical network units (ONUs) that are deployed in the home or business.

Cable Bahamas Ltd. is majority owned by 2,500 Bahamians and the Government of the Bahamas. The company provides cable television service on 16 Bahamian islands; high-speed Internet access services in Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, and New Providence; connectivity between the Bahamas and the rest of the world with a 600-kilometer, submarine fiber optic system owned and operated by wholly-owned subsidiary Caribbean Crossings Ltd; and Web-hosting, data center, and disaster recovery services through wholly-owned subsidiary Maxil Communications Ltd.