ADTRAN Builds Momentum for Gigabit Broadband with Deployments in More Than 100 U.S. Communities
June 30 2015 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Service providers nationwide are seizing
Gigabit service opportunity to accelerate broadband adoption and
transform economic paradigm of local communities
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading provider of
next-generation networking solutions, today announced more than 100
communities across the U.S. are reaping the benefits of Gigabit
broadband as part of ADTRAN’s Enabling Communities, Connecting
Lives campaign. United Communications is the most recent ADTRAN
customer to outpace the competition and beat larger service
providers to Gigabit delivery with deployments in Nolensville,
Chapel Hill, and College Grove, Tennessee. These communities are
now at the leading edge of a nationwide trend where Gigabit service
is rapidly becoming a key catalyst for economic growth and
development. Communities of all sizes are seeing an increase in
housing values, enriched education opportunities for both young and
old, and a greater ability to attract new business developments to
their local areas.
“Based on independent research commissioned by the FTTH Council,
Gigabit broadband is providing a 1.1% direct impact to per capita
GDP in the communities studied. This material shift in economic
activity is transforming the lives of the residents, businesses and
institutions in these communities,” said Heather Burnett Gold,
president and CEO, FTTH Council. “Programs like ADTRAN’s Enabling
Communities, Connecting Lives campaign that are stimulating
interest in and driving awareness for Gigabit broadband are
empowering these communities to create a new economic future for
themselves.”
Staying at the forefront of the technology boom in Tennessee,
United Communications is proactively deploying fiber to residential
and business customers. Working with United Communications, the
town of Chapel Hill is turning to Gigabit speeds as the foundation
of a new possible satellite campus for a local community college.
Gigabit will support the bandwidth needed for collaboration tools,
so residents can avoid traveling to another city for educational
purposes. The new virtual community college campus is expected to
open doors to new opportunities that may not have been possible
before Gigabit broadband. Businesses are also finding that the
robust Gigabit bandwidth is creating new ways to recruit and engage
employees with telecommuting possibilities that may not have
existed otherwise. Now, remote employees are no longer hindered by
slower home internet speeds and in some cases even have a broadband
advantage over the home office.
“Gigabit delivery is allowing United Communications to stay
ahead of the technology curve both within our community and across
the country,” said William Bradford, president and CEO of United
Communications. “The ADTRAN Gigabit platform ensures we are able to
grow ahead of customer demand. In fact, by using ADTRAN, we’ve able
to go above and beyond our expectations and achieve our goal of
being the fastest Internet provider with the best service for the
local community.”
“United Communications is a prime example of how
forward-thinking service providers are taking the initiative and
laying the foundation for a Gigabit-enabled economic future. They
are creating opportunities for their residents and businesses to
actively engage in a globally connected marketplace,” said Mitch
Fleming, vice president, service provider sales, ADTRAN. “A year
ago, ADTRAN set an aggressive goal to enable Gigabit service in 200
communities across the U.S. by the end of 2015. This initiative is
fully on track to achieving that goal and it is exciting to see the
positive impact that Gigabit services are having in transforming
these communities.”
ADTRAN’s Enabling Communities, Connecting Lives program
showcases how innovative technologies are being used in cities,
towns and communities across the country to support economic growth
and urban development. These communities are using ADTRAN’s
world-class Wi-Fi and fiber-based Gigabit broadband and Cloud
connectivity solutions to reinvigorate downtown business and
residential districts, connect classrooms with other learning
centers around the world, and help attract new companies seeking to
relocate out of crowded urban centers.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data,
video and Internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and
millions of individual users worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.adtran.com.
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