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“The delivery of Gigabit is a game changer in that it will allow for significant economic growth opportunities. The ultra-fast speeds will help businesses expand in the community, as well as attract new companies to our area,” said Lori Huber, Director for Clay County Economic Development Group. “Twin Valley saw an opportunity to build upon their Smart Rural Community designation and has run with it. Gigabit broadband is more than an economic investment in the broadband infrastructure for Twin Valley – it’s an investment in the people and future of Clay Center.”

Open interfaces exist for cable, video and DSL broadband networks allowing carriers to select customer premise equipment, middleware and access platforms based on their specific network, topology and service requirements. Early rollouts of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband networks, however, have used a closed system. This has historically forced service providers into selecting the same vendor for the fiber aggregation and the optical network terminal (ONT) equipment, limiting the available solution set. In a multi-vendor network this further complicates the ability to offer network-wide services and solutions.

Open interfaces exist for cable, video and DSL broadband networks allowing carriers to select customer premise equipment, middleware and access platforms based on their specific network, topology and service requirements. Early rollouts of Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband networks, however, have used a closed system. This has historically forced service providers into selecting the same vendor for the fiber aggregation and the optical network terminal (ONT) equipment, limiting the available solution set. In a multi-vendor network this further complicates the ability to offer network-wide services and solutions.

ADTRAN has pioneered these service orchestration technologies with several key customers, achieving outstanding results. On average, service providers accelerated both residential and business service rollouts with a 10X or more reduction in the back office and technical support tasks needed to support service activations. This network orchestration allowed less skilled personnel to rapidly scale new services while yielding a reduction of service and equipment commissioning errors to nearly zero. Technicians were also able to use wireless video distribution – via powerful Gigabit Wi-Fi – to install broadband home equipment in minutes instead of spending hours manually wiring houses for video service.

ADTRAN has pioneered these service orchestration technologies with several key customers, achieving outstanding results. On average, service providers accelerated both residential and business service rollouts with a 10X or more reduction in the back office and technical support tasks needed to support service activations. This network orchestration allowed less skilled personnel to rapidly scale new services while yielding a reduction of service and equipment commissioning errors to nearly zero. Technicians were also able to use wireless video distribution – via powerful Gigabit Wi-Fi – to install broadband home equipment in minutes instead of spending hours manually wiring houses for video service.

“Residents are living and working in a global society. Having the ability to connect with their office and coworkers, regardless of location, is critical. With better connectivity, residents have a greater opportunity to telecommute and stay connected with their corporate headquarters,” said Ken Paker, CTO and vice president of Network Services at TDS Telecom. “ADTRAN’s Gigabit Services Platform allows us to address the specific needs of residents in parts of Merrimack and Hillsborough counties today while providing the underlying infrastructure necessary for development and growth in the future. We are creating a new foundation for how our customers communicate with the rest of the world.”

“Residents are living and working in a global society. Having the ability to connect with their office and coworkers, regardless of location, is critical. With better connectivity, residents have a greater opportunity to telecommute and stay connected with their corporate headquarters,” said Ken Paker, CTO and vice president of Network Services at TDS Telecom. “ADTRAN’s Gigabit Services Platform allows us to address the specific needs of residents in parts of Merrimack and Hillsborough counties today while providing the underlying infrastructure necessary for development and growth in the future. We are creating a new foundation for how our customers communicate with the rest of the world.”

Most NFV implementation strategies utilize cloud-based VNF components sourced from various vendors to allow best-in-breed networking functions. ADTRAN virtualizes the most valuable CPE functions—such as routers, firewalls, enterprise session border controllers (eSBC) and voice quality monitoring (VQM)—and uniquely gives service providers the option to bundle them into a single VNF. Along with greater efficiency and performance, costs are reduced in a single solution by eliminating vendor overhead and associated server hardware related expenses. For additional flexibility and for those service providers that want to pick and choose which network functions are virtualized, ADTRAN offers functions on a more granular basis, allowing the creation of service chains from multiple software vendors.

Most NFV implementation strategies utilize cloud-based VNF components sourced from various vendors to allow best-in-breed networking functions. ADTRAN virtualizes the most valuable CPE functions—such as routers, firewalls, enterprise session border controllers (eSBC) and voice quality monitoring (VQM)—and uniquely gives service providers the option to bundle them into a single VNF. Along with greater efficiency and performance, costs are reduced in a single solution by eliminating vendor overhead and associated server hardware related expenses. For additional flexibility and for those service providers that want to pick and choose which network functions are virtualized, ADTRAN offers functions on a more granular basis, allowing the creation of service chains from multiple software vendors.

SDN is addressing the need for programmable and automated network environments for accelerated service creation and delivery. To support new revenue generation, subscriber applications are becoming virtual network functions (VNF), residing in the cloud or data centers versus static function hardware devices. These cloud-based applications are user activated from self-service web portals, eliminating the need for truck rolls and technician support during service delivery. ADTRAN is leveraging this software approach to fully support network programmability and automate service delivery through a natural extension of its longstanding solution strategy of providing increased service agility and operational efficiency.