Zhone Launches MXK

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global leader in access solutions, announced today its MXK™ intelligent terabit access concentrator line, a category-defining addition to the company’s family of carrier-class multi-service access platform (MSAP) products. The new MXK platforms feature a 2x bandwidth improvement over the closest competitor — with non-blocking capacity of up to 3,600 100 Mbps GPON subscribers or 360 1G Active Ethernet subscribers per chassis — while leveraging Zhone’s well-proven SLMS™ access operating system for sophisticated service intelligence and ease of management.

Accelerating shifts in subscriber expectations that move ever more traffic from broadcast video to unicast multi-stream HD, video on demand, and immersive games are placing unprecedented demands on access networks. A truly scalable response to these demands requires a clean-sheet approach to access network architecture — an approach Zhone has pioneered with the MXK platforms. With an initial focus on FTTx applications, the MXK line sets new benchmarks for the industry in a number of areas:

“Zhone has paired high performance with impressive efficiency gains in the MXK for indeed a new benchmark in high capacity service provisioning,” said Teresa Mastrangelo, principal analyst of Broadbandtrends.com. “As traffic demands grow exponentially, this level of scalability and the ability to intuitively manage a broad range of services are key to giving network operators the readiness to compete and the headroom to innovate.”

Zhone Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ZHNE)