Ceterus Intros New Crossconnect

ALLEN, Texas -- Ceterus Networks, a provider of flexible transport solutions, today announced the release of its new UTX8212 next generation multiservice cross connect, the latest addition to its Universal Transport System (UTS) product family.

The Ceterus UTX8212 next-generation cross connect aggregates all traffic types-including new Ethernet and legacy TDM services-from multiple enterprise locations. Utilizing Ceterus' market-leading, standards-based circuit bonding technology and a powerful 3/1/0 cross-connect, the UTX8212 enables carriers to leverage their existing networks and create flexible 'virtual pipes' enabling a smooth migration to new packet-based services.

The UTX8212 supports critical and rapidly-expanding services such as distributed enterprise connectivity and cell tower backhaul in support of 3G wireless deployments.

"The Ceterus product line addresses two key shortcomings of today's Ethernet service offerings: poor service ubiquity and limited SLAs," said Sterling Perrin, Research Manager for Optical Networks at IDC. "By offering Ethernet services over bonded T1s and DS3s using efficient circuit bonding, Ceterus Networks gives Tier-1 carriers the reach that their most important customers require for widely-dispersed businesses. Since services are being transported over the circuit network, the carriers can actually deploy high-QoS Ethernet services that enterprises require if they are going to switch to Metro Ethernet."

Transport for these services is provided using Ceterus' market-leading, standards-based circuit bonding technology, which allows exactly the needed bandwidth for individual applications between sites. By bonding legacy access circuits-NxT1, NxDS3 and NxOCn-into a single "virtual pipe," theUTX8212 supports a full range of Ethernet speeds, including enterprise locations requiring services in the sub-10Mbps "sweet spot."

"Carriers have huge and robust access networks in place serving their most important enterprise customers and their widely dispersed cell towers.Finding new methods of capitalizing on the millions of deployed access circuits is critical to a carrier's overall success," said Dave Stehlin, President and CEO of Ceterus. "The UTX8212, together with our client multiservice platforms, enables new, managed packet-based services while utilizing the well-established OAM&P processes established for the circuit network."

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