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Press Releases  27 April 2009Telco Systems Expands FTTH Solution to Meet Demand FOXBORO, Mass. – April 27, 2009— Telco Systems, a BATM Company (LSE: BVC) has announced the expansion of their Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) offerings with the introduction of the EdgeGate 242W, an indoor wireless-enabled active Ethernet residential gateway, and an enhanced EdgeGate 483 outdoor CPE gateway with dual 1Gigabit uplinks.The EdgeGate 242W offers service providers the ability to deliver full triple play services while solving the home owners’ problem of in-home wiring by using wireless home networking. As a single box solution, the EdgeGate 242W also offers enhanced TV options with support for both IPTV and RF video, advanced routing capabilities and enhanced telephony features like three-way calling, call forward and hold, distinctive ring, and T.38 support for fax over IP. A built-in bridge and router enable customers to connect their home network either through one of four 10/100Base-T LAN ports or the wireless 802.11b/g access point. Analog phone sets can be connected to one of two FXS POTS ports to provide VoIP using SIP signaling protocol. The EdgeGate 242W supports up to 100Mbps downstream and 100Mbps upstream over bi-directional fixed fiber ports. Designed for indoor installations, the product’s fiber optics cable management module can be installed prior to activation of the service, and the active components can be connected when the service is signed. Service activation is completed easily by the end user with no need to send a technician to the customer’s house. The EdgeGate 483D is an enhancement to the existing outdoor EdgeGate 483 family which adds dual 1Gigabit fiber uplinks to support ring and chain topologies of multiple units. The EdgeGate 483D offers eight Ethernet ports to support both data and video services for computers and TVs, and two analog voice ports which can connect to two separate telephone lines which are converted to VoIP. This EdgeGate has an unique design that future-proofs the user’s access connection by supporting either 100Mbps or 1Gbps dual uplinks in the same product, thus allowing the service provider to start deployment with 100M network and upgrade to 1Gigabit without replacing the CPE. The outdoor design provides separate technician access areas from subscriber access areas as well as enhanced cable management. As Point-to-Point (P2P) Active Ethernet CPE gateways, both products enable providers to offer dedicated bandwidth based on the subscriber’s individual requirements and offer differential services for residential and business customers in the same area. Active Ethernet also supports a pay-as-you-grow philosophy by allowing new subscribers to be added within a 100km service area at minimal cost. The Telco Systems EdgeGate product family is part of the Company’s field-proven RUS approved Active Ethernet solutions that include fiber aggregation switches to support up to 10Gigabits in a resilient ring or mesh topology in the metro network. These Carrier Ethernet aggregation switches and the field-proven EdgeGate CPE devices are the building blocks to create a complete feature-rich and cost-effective FTTH solution. As standards-based solutions, they create a flexible network topology which is not single-vendor dependent. “We are pleased to offer a complete solution that can be implemented into a customer’s current network easily, provides higher bandwidth, and opens the door for a wider array of services,” stated Irit Gillath, vice president of product line management at Telco Systems. “We are already seeing deployment of the EdgeGate 242W in Europe and many US customers who deploy the current EdgeGate 483 are eager to implement resiliency with the new dual uplink option.” Both new EdgeGate products will be available within 60 days. ### About Telco Systems Telco Systems is a leader in innovative, multi-service Carrier Ethernet access and demarcation solutions to enable carriers and service providers to deploy highly reliable and manageable Ethernet services to both business and residential subscribers. These solutions support a cost effective evolution to a service-assured all IP/Ethernet network and enable service providers to introduce new services to capture additional revenue by supporting mixed services across a carrier Ethernet network. Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com. Contacts: Raylene Kadrmas Marketing Communications Manager rkadrmas@telco.com 1-781-255-5314 Susan Forschner sforshner@pancomm.com 1-978-474-1900 |
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