* Tullahoma Utilities rides Wave7 to FTTP
By Brian Santo
The Tullahoma (Tennessee) Utilities Board (TUB) has selected Wave7Optics’ Trident7 Universal Access Platform for a municipal FTTP network that will begin service to homes, businesses and schools in late Q3, 2008. TUB will begin construction of the $16.9 million network migration project later this year and expects to complete the project in 2010.
The network will offer a voice, high-speed data (20+ Mbps) and a 200-channel IPTV service with VOD (video-on-demand). Tullahoma is a city of approximately 20,000 located between Chattanooga and Nashville.
* OpVista appoints SVP for field operations
By CED staff
OpVista announced that Pirjo Tuomi will be its senior vice president of worldwide cable and field operations. Tuomi joins the company from BigBand Networks, where she had been senior vice president of sales, and before that, held various positions with ADC, Bay Networks, and Nortel.
Tuomi said, “In response to the rapidly increasing customer interest in OpVista’s optical network solutions, the company is growing its field operations to continue to provide a highly responsive world-class customer service experience in the Americas, Caribbean, and Europe. I welcome the opportunity to scale the organization to meet our rapidly growing demand.”
* Bend Broadband chooses Alloptic system
By CED staff
Alloptic has added Bend Broadband to its client list. Bend Broadband will use Alloptic’s MicroNode products for an FTTP rollout.
“We have been very pleased with the performance of the MicroNode,” said Frank Miller, CTO and VP of Engineering, Bend Broadband. “With Alloptic’s MicroNode products, we are delivering more services to more customers with our existing headend equipment. Alloptic’s solution lets us move towards a full fiber-to-the-customer network as we grow. Alloptic has greatly simplified our transition to an access network that delivers all the services wanted by all our customers – residential and business – for years to come.”
* Ciena to upgrade AboveNet’s network
By CED staff
Ciena said that AboveNet has deployed its CN 4200 FlexSelect Advanced Services Platform throughout its metro networks to support a variety of private networks transporting Ethernet, IP and other managed services.
* SCTE adds Suddenlink’s Cordova to board
By Traci Patterson
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) board of directors has added Terry Cordova to the board as a director-at-large. He replaces Walter Ciciora, who recently resigned his board seat in preparation for his upcoming retirement.
Cordova – CTO of Suddenlink Communications and an SCTE member since 1999 – served on the board, also as a director-at-large, from 2003 to 2005. Ciciora was in the second year of his third consecutive two-year term, and Cordova will complete that term, which will conclude at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in June.
* Juniper hires new CMO
By Traci Patterson
Juniper Networks Inc. has appointed Penny Wilson to CMO. Wilson previously served as SVP and CMO at Macromedia Inc. (acquired by Adobe Systems Inc. in 2005).
Wilson will be responsible for leading Juniper’s global marketing programs and resources. She will direct the company’s global marketing initiatives, which are designed to align and support the company’s corporate strategy and growth plans, the company said.
* Zayo to acquire Indiana Fiber Works
By Traci Patterson
Zayo Bandwidth, a regional provider of fiber-based network services, has acquired Indiana Fiber Works (IFW). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
IFW’s fiber network connects 21 of Indiana’s largest cities, including Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne and South Bend. Louisville, Colo.-based Zayo will use the network to provide transport services to enterprise, government and wholesale entities. Zayo recently purchased Minneapolis-based Onvoy Inc.
* Streaming21 opens doors on Singapore research center
By Mike Robuck
Streaming21 launched a new research and development center today in Singapore that the company said will focus on IPTV, Mobile TV and digital home solutions. The company said the new center received support from the Singapore Economic Development Board.
“The EDB welcomes Streaming21’s decision to base its Asia Pacific R&D Center for its IPTV and Mobile TV technology development in Singapore,” said Jacqueline Tan, Deputy Director, Infocomms and Media Division of the Economic Development Board, in a statement. “Streaming21’s presence here reinforces the steps which
Singapore is taking in media technology-related R&D as part of a larger National effort in the Interactive and Digital Media (IDM) industry.”
With the addition of Singapore, Streaming21’s global presence now spans the United States, Taiwan, Japan, and China.
