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BTI Systems reportedly announced that Nebraska-based Clarks Telecommunications Company has deployed a BTI 7000 Series solution for supporting Fiber to the Home or FTTH triple play network backhaul.

 

BTI is a supplier of Intelligent Service Edge solutions for delivering high bandwidth, multi-protocol services. Clarks is an Independent Operating Company which offers local telephone, wired and wireless broadband internet access, digital cable and long distance phone services to Clarks, Ulysses and Weston, Nebraska.

 

Company sources said that the BTI Systems’ (News - Alert) 7000 evolves Clarks’ SONET-based OC-48 network and provides 10G Ethernet-based service delivery, network convergence, DWDM multiplexing and reach extension all in one platform.

 

The Rural Utilities Service or RUS division of the United States Department of Agriculture has accepted the BTI 7000 Series. RUS also gives Clarks the ability to leverage fully integrated Layer 2 Carrier Ethernet switching and aggregation from the same platform.

 

Clarks selected the BTI solution because of its simplicity, intuitive network and service provisioning. The BTI proNXTM Management Suite offers a Graphical User Interface or GUI and auto provisioning intelligence. This helps in rapid commissioning of services across the network according to the growing demand for NNTC’s comprehensive service, the company said.

 

“BTI’s solutions allow Clarks to scale capacity using either SONET or Ethernet on a converged WDM infrastructure that’s extremely intuitive to deploy and provision” said Terry Eriksen, assistant general manager, Clarks Telecommunications Company, in a statement. “We’ve also appreciated the responsiveness and support of the BTI team as we deploy this new technology in our network that will ready Clarks to grow with the demands of our subscribers.”

 

Pete Dale, vice president of sales Americas, BTI Systems, said that independent Operating Companies like Clarks are transitioning their networks to address new bandwidth requirements and enhanced service offerings. He also said that BTI Systems provides an optimum foundation for broadband service delivery networks, combining Wavelength Division Multiplexing or WDM and Carrier Ethernet that simplify the transition from SONET to next-generation packet optical networking.

 

BTI Systems provides multi-service platforms that cater to the demands for packet services, greater optical capacity, dynamic networking, and management simplicity in service-provider and enterprise networks. BTI’s packet optical capabilities help it to serve applications within metro access, metro and regional network environments.