HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- ADTRAN®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) a leading supplier of next-generation networking solutions, today announced key elements of its Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) strategy, strengthening the company’s comprehensive portfolio of access solutions. ADTRAN offers a complete suite of both copper and fiber access solutions, enabling carriers to cost-effectively expand broadband services to unserved and underserved areas targeted by the recently signed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

ADTRAN’s broadband access strategy has been built on a portfolio of Ethernet-based access solutions that address multiple network architectures, including Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN), Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP), Fiber-to-the-Curb (FTTC), IP DSLAMs, Service Migration and Multiservice Access. These offerings are supported by a common management solution and are accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA RUS).

As part of ADTRAN’s FTTP strategy, research and development efforts have been underway to deliver a wide range of differentiated Optical Network Terminal (ONT) solutions. ADTRAN will be introducing three new families of ONTs to address Residential, Business and Cell Site applications.

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