CommScope makes some hay from Casa cable tech deal

CommScope (NASDAQ: COMM), a global leader in network connectivity, announced the first major sale of the company's recently acquired Casa Systems® virtual CMTS and QAM video solution to Kábelszatnet, one of Hungary's leading providers of cable, Internet, and voice services. The sale also includes CommScope's Distributed Access Architecture (DAA) Remote PHY (R-PHY) shelves and DC2180 DAA Cabinet Nodes. The announcement comes only seven weeks after CommScope announced the company’s acquisition of Casa Systems' cable assets in May.

CommScope's vCMTS and QAM video solution will be the key operating component of Kábelszatnet’s DAA deployment, which will enable Kábelszatnet to move DOCSIS® signal generation from specialized CCAP or CMTS hardware to the R-PHY shelves and DC2180 nodes. CommScope's vCMTS and QAM video solution is an agile, flexible solution that will support the introduction of new network services in Kábelszatnet's cable access network more quickly and efficiently than hardware-based CMTS platforms. This agility includes centralized, automated provisioning, configuration, and monitoring of the R-PHY shelves, the DC2180 nodes, and other devices throughout the network. CommScope's vCMTS and QAM video solution runs on commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) servers, enabling Kábelszatnet to realize significant energy and cost savings in the headend.

Kábelszatnet will deploy CommScope's vCMTS and QAM video solution to a nationally accessible hub and the DAA nodes and R-PHY shelves in select areas of the company's network. The vCMTS and QAM video solution will operate in the cloud to complement Kábelszatnet existing population of chassis-based E6000® Controlled Edge Routers (CER). CommScope channel partner HFC Technics will work in tandem with Kábelszatnet to install and integrate the vCMTS and QAM video solution and DAA devices into the network.

Read the full press release here.

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