DULUTH, Ga. -- ARRIS (Nasdaq ARRS) today announced that, as of the end of January, it had deployed over 4 million Cornerstone cable telephony Voice PortsTM worldwide.

ARRIS began selling the Cornerstone Constant Bit Rate (CBR) Voice Ports in 1996 and has been the worldwide leader in the marketplace ever since. There are currently over 5,000 ARRIS Host Digital Terminals (HDTs) deployed worldwide with capacity for approximately 18 million lines of cable telephony.

“We are very proud of our leadership role in helping cable operators around the world deliver primary line telephony to their subscribers,” said ARRIS Broadband President Jim Lakin. “We continue to grow our established CBR business in many of markets both in North America and elsewhere. Utilizing the experience gained from this substantial deployment, ARRIS has developed a broad line of new VoIP products to serve this emerging market.”

Arris Group Inc.