HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- ADTRAN_, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN),a leading supplier of next-generation networking solutions, today announced the AdvancedOperational Environment (AOE), a management framework focused on service delivery andoverall operational improvement. AOE moves beyond the traditional role of a NetworkManagement System by abstracting the hardware and associated learning curve away fromthe user or OSS interface. Instead, AOE provides a service-centric approach to management,adding a knowledge base using expert system logic to provide innovative cost and time-savingservice activation and diagnostic capabilities.

“AOE provides the foundation for a multitude of value-add applications that offer bothoperational savings and revenue generation opportunities for our customers,” said Jay Wilson,senior vice president and general manager, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division. “Ourcustomers sell services, not hardware, and we focused our management system efforts toalign with our customers’ operational needs.”

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