Albany Mutual Telephone Association Delivers New Triple Play Broadband Services to Minnesota Using Pannaway's IP Ethernet Copper/Fiber Access Platform
Nortel and Pannaway Enable Minnesota Telco to Deliver SIP-based VoIP Services
Portsmouth, NH
For this next-generation network upgrade, Albany Mutual Telephone has deployed a new DMS-10 SIP upgrade from Nortel in conjunction with Pannaway's fiber Broadband Access Switches (BAS™), fiber Residential Gateway NIDs (RGN™) and Broadband Aggregation Routers (BAR™). The cooperative will also use Pannaway's industryacclaimed Broadband Access Manager (BAM™) to reduce the installation complexity and operational expenses (OPEX) associated with rolling out and maintaining its new copper and fiber-based broadband equipment and services.
"We are pleased that our interoperability efforts with Pannaway are delivering value to our joint ILEC customers", said Rob Scheible, Senior Manager, Carrier Mutimedia Networks at Nortel. "Our primary goal is to provide rural telcos like Albany Mutual Telephone Association with a seamless transition from their existing TDM architectures to IP Ethernet and SIP-based networks."
In addition to its new SIP-based VoIP services, the cooperative is delivering high-speed Internet access and all digital IP TV with a very robust channel line up - all over its new Pannaway access network. These new copper and fiber-based bundled services will enable the cooperative to keep local cable and ISP competitors at bay.
"The flexibility of Pannaway's SCN platform enables us to easily deploy IP Ethernet copper or fiber networks depending on the distance or bandwidth capacity needed to support specific broadband services", said Tom Eveslage, Central Office Supervisor of Albany Mutual Telephone Association. "Additionally, Pannaway's ability to seamlessly interoperate with our existing Nortel DMS-10 voice switch represents a huge reduction in operational and capital expenses."
Before selecting Pannaway, the cooperative evaluated all of the major ATM and IP access providers and selected Pannaway's SCN based on its non-proprietary IP technology, scaleable bandwidth capacity, flexible copper and fiber deployment options and unmatched remote broadband management capabilities.
"One area of major importance as mixed copper and fiber networks become more widely deployed is the need for a simplified method of managing and provisioning both network types in a consistent manner", said Kevin Brown, Vice President of Marketing for Pannaway. "Broadband management is an area where Pannaway has made a significant investment and we're pleased that Albany Mutual Telephone Association saw this as a competitive differentiator during the evaluation process."
About Albany Mutual Telephone Association
Established in 1951, Albany Mutual Telephone Association currently operates three exchanges in central Minnesota serving approximately 4,000 access lines. With an extensive fiber optic network, the cooperative is able to provide state-of-the-art communication and entertainment services to its members.
About Pannaway Technologies
Pannaway provides telco-grade, converged voice, video and data solutions to telecom service providers and emerging Triple Play services companies. Pannaway's multiaward winning, RUS listed and patent-pending IP technologies enable telecom providers worldwide to deliver profitable broadband services to homes and businesses at a fraction of their historical costs. Pannaway also delivers the industry's first end-to-end telco-grade VoIP solution with integrated Primary Line service for lifeline POTS support. The privately held company is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and has been building solutions and service/support programs to fit the specific needs of rural telcos since 2002.
For more information, please visit www.pannaway.com.
