OFS Enables Broadband

ATLANTA -- To meet the growing needs of service providers around the globe, OFS, designer, manufacturer, and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products, announced a series of scalable FTTX solutions and Metro access breakthroughs designed to provide a flexible, pay-as-you-grow strategy for delivering broadband services here today at the Optical Fiber Conference (OFC). In addition, the company said it has signed an agreement with the Reedsburg Utility Commission (RUC) that will provide broadband access to more than 8,000 residents in Reedsburg, Wisconsin."Our evolutionary product line delivers the building blocks for a completely flexible, scalable, deploy-as-needed broadband access strategy," said Eddie Edwards, President and CEO, OFS. "OFS' fiber and cable products are optimized to deliver existing and emerging broadband services, while providing leading-edge innovation, cost-effective installation, and maximum network operability and investment protection."By the end of the year, every business and residential site in Reedsburg, Wisconsin will have on-demand access to high-speed voice, video and data services. As part of the agreement with the RUC, OFS will provide its innovative fiber and cable products not only to deliver immediate broadband services to the community, but also to provide the RUC with a migration strategy for emerging broadband applications."Reedsburg is creating a resource that puts its community at the forefront of connectivity. With its flexible broadband foundation, it will remain there well into the future," said Paul Neuhart, President, Optical Cable and Connectivity Division, OFS.Here at OFC, OFS is debuting new cable and connectivity products to facilitate easier installations, lower deployment costs, and increase network upgrade and operation flexibility. The company introduced its XpressTube® FX cable, a lightweight, flexible fiber optic cable optimized for air-blown installations in microduct systems in metropolitan and access networks. The new cable will become part of the OFS AccessAdvantage(TM) family of products announced last year at the Fiber-to-the-Home Conference in New Orleans. The AccessAdvantage solution is a complete building block set for rapid FTTX deployment, and offers the required fiber and cable components for cost- effective broadband delivery.In addition, OFS announced two new performance enhancing connectivity products, the Polarization Maintaining (PM) Jumper and the Universal Modular Adaptor (UMA). With this launch, OFS is establishing new industry standards for connectivity performance: ease of use and flexibility. Standardizing connectivity products such as the PM Jumper and UMA enables customers to lower operating costs by keeping inventories down and streamlining maintenance.OFS