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Union Communications to Use Pannaway's MAGNM-20 for FTTH Build Out

By Arun Satapathy, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Pannaway (News - Alert) Networks today announced that Union Communications, a New Hampshire-based Independent Local Exchange Carrier, has selected its carrier grade, high-density Multi-Service Access Platform, the MAGNM-20.

 

Union says it’s implementing the MAGNM-20 for Active P2P FTTH to upgrade its existing copper network that will provide subscribers robust and reliable access to high-bandwidth triple-play services, including IPTV (News - Alert).

 

“I can easily see the need for a 30-Mbit broadband connection in the relatively near future as our subscribers begin to stream more video content off the Internet,” said Ron Troyer, plant manager for Union. “Fiber-to-the-home is clearly the best solution for our current and future needs and Pannaway’s MAGNM-20 is our platform of choice. Our MAGNM-20 installed easily and has enabled us to see an immediate improvement in performance.”

 

Union says it’s been deploying Pannaway’s Broadband Access Switch and Broadband Access Manager, which are key components of the company’s Ethernet/IP-based Service Convergence (News - Alert) Network architecture.

 

“Based on our positive past experience with Pannaway products and service, our selection of the MAGNM-20 platform for this pivotal fiber rollout was an easy decision. MAGNM-20 has the scalability we need for our larger exchanges, and can be managed and provisioned by Pannaway’s BAM, which is clearly the easiest and most intuitive broadband management system we’ve ever used,” said Troyer.

 

“Innovators like Union Communications understand completely that video, gaming and music downloads are going to drive the need for a higher bandwidth services platform,” said Mark A. Carpenter, president of Pannaway Networks. “We’re pleased to be selected as Union Communications’ strategic partner for such an important initiative.”

 

In one integrated system, MAGNM-20 support a range of access technologies including T1, POTS, ADSL2+, GPON, and Active Point-to-Point, Ethernet subscriber connections. Additionally, MAGNM-20 is architected with a pure Ethernet/IP core and have 922 Gigabit per second backplane, according to the company.

 

Union Communications operates five exchanges and provides voice and data services to homes and businesses in the rural New Hampshire towns of Alton, Barnstead, Center Barnstead, Gilmanton Iron Works, and New Durham, as well as parts of Farmington and Strafford, company officials say.

 

Arun Satapathy is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Arun’s articles, please visit his columnist page.

 

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