Aktino Enables Ethernet Over Copper

IRVINE, Calif. -- Aktino, the first company to implement MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) techniques on DMT (Discrete Multi Tone)-based copper access platforms, today publicly announced its AK4000 product family. The AK4000 enables true 10 to 25 Mbps business-class Ethernet services and guarantees ubiquity of those services over the entire Carrier Serving Area (CSA - 12,000 feet over 24-gauge wire).

The Aktino AK4000 product family, an Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) solution, is the industry’s first cost-effective and operationally feasible business broadband solution that bridges a critical service gap. That is the gap between high-bandwidth, high-margin Ethernet over fiber services and low-bandwidth DS1 or Ethernet over DS1 HDSL-based solutions. The AK4000 family is GA (generally available) and shipping to service providers throughout North America.

“There is clearly a demand for flexible Ethernet services from enterprises. To date, telcos have responded with several Metro Ethernet offerings for large enterprises. However, this has been mostly limited to locations that have access to fiber. Now the challenge is to offer ubiquitous Ethernet services to all customers and locations, whether served by fiber or copper,” commented Ron Westfall, broadband infrastructure principal analyst for Current Analysis. “Aktino’s MIMO on DMT technology enables Metro Ethernet service providers to provide a compelling value proposition to copper served customers – who are currently limited to multiples of 1.5 Mbps – with an upgrade option to a 10 Mbps or higher offering.”

Aktino Inc.