SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Allied Telesis Capital Corporation (ATCC), a global leader in the deployment of standards-based IP technology solutions, today announced that it is delivering Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to service members in their residences at Japan’s Misawa Air Base. Allied Telesis was contracted by the Army Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) to deploy high-speed Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity to approximately 3300 residential units at Misawa Air Base, which is located in Misawa City, about 400 miles north of Tokyo. With this deployment, service members at Misawa enjoy faster Internet connectivity than most people in the world.

In addition to Gigabit Ethernet, Allied Telesis uses the FTTH connection to provide IP telephone service to its subscribers at Misawa Air Base. Each telephone subscriber can select a number with one of 50 U.S. area codes so U.S.-based friends and family don’t have to incur international calling charges when communicating with their friends and loved ones at the base.

The fiber deployment expands Allied Telesis’ existing contract to provide television service to the base, in which service members can view U.S. television shows transported from an Allied Telesis head-end in Wisconsin. This capability brings familiar entertainment options to service members through the TV shows they know and love. Now that it has rolled out FTTH for Internet and VoIP, Allied Telesis is a Triple Play service provider at Misawa Air Base.

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