SRT Communications has begun delivering IPTV services using a combination of Microsoft Mediaroom and Zhone’s MXK platform.

SRT’s network in North Dakota combines both ADSL2+ and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) access networks. SRT serves 48,000 customers, including consumers, businesses and governmental agencies.

SRT plans to use the new MXK/Mediaroom-based platform not only to serve existing customers, but to expand to reach 5,800 unserved subscribers in its coverage area.

SRT has been a Zhone customer, having deployed the vendor’s MALC MSAN solution almost a decade ago to deliver broadband services.