NEC Corporation of America Joins the North American Fiber-to-the-Home Council
September 28, 2006
NEC Corporation of America Joins the North American Fiber-to-the-Home Council. Check it out:WASHINGTON --(Business Wire)-- The Fiber-to-the-Home Council ("FTTH Council"), a non-profit organization established to educate the public on the opportunities and benefits of fiber-to-the-home solutions ("FTTH"), today announced that NEC Corporation of America (NEC) has joined the Council as a Gold level member.
As a new member of the FTTH Council, NEC's goal is to help drive the Council's mission of educating, promoting and accelerating adoption and carrier deployments of FTTH across North America. By focusing on the benefits of FTTH, NEC hopes carriers will employ more advanced optical networking solutions to drive greater bandwidth and efficiency requirements, which are necessary for consumer, enterprise and municipality FTTH build-outs.
In addition to supporting the Council, NEC will be exhibiting at the 2006 FTTH Conference and Expo in Las Vegas on October 2 - 5, 2006. NEC will be at booth #323, and will be showcasing its current breadth of optical core, access and edge solutions.
"We are delighted to have NEC Corporation join the growing ranks of North American advocates of fiber-to-the-home," said FTTH Council President Joe Savage. "By joining the Council, NEC Corporation of America supports the goals of 21st Century Broadband, and joins the growing community of America's leading edge fiber-to-the-home companies."
"We see a rise in broadband access and fiber-to-the-home technologies as the demand for user-generated content, and more advanced entertainment and enhanced communications devices have increased across both residential and commercial communities," said Rocky Kler, general manager, Optical Network Systems Division, NEC. "As a new member of the Fiber-to-the-Home Council, we hope to show the benefits of innovative optical solutions as a way to best respond to the broadband access demand. Our joining the FTTH Council, underscores NEC's commitment to enabling high-speed optical access from the core to the premise; ensuring carriers can meet today's broadband user requirements."
NEC's SpectralWave(TM) family of optical networking solutions includes the SpectralWave GPON solution, which is aimed at delivering FTTH to residential, commercial and municipalities across North America.
FTTH Council members represent all areas of broadband industries, including telecommunications, computing, networking, system integration, engineering, and content-provider companies, as well as traditional telecommunications service providers, utilities and municipalities.
About the Fiber-to-the-Home Council
The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council is a non-profit organization established in 2001 to educate the public on the opportunities and benefits of fiber-to-the-home solutions. FTTH Council members represent all areas of broadband industries, including telecommunications, computing, networking, system integration, engineering, and content-provider companies, as well as traditional telecommunications service providers, utilities and municipalities. Communities and organizations interested in exploring FTTH options can find information on the FTTH Council web site at http://www.ftthcouncil.org or by e-mailing [email protected].
About NEC Corporation of America
NEC Corporation of America is a leading technology provider of IT, network and visual display solutions. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is the North America subsidiary of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY). NEC Corporation of America delivers technology and professional services ranging from server and storage solutions, digital presentation and visual display systems to biometric identification, IP voice and data solutions, optical network and microwave radio communications. Leveraging NEC's SpectralWave family and the Company's reputation for reliability and performance, NEC plans to add "new dimensions" to the traditional optical backbone to deliver solutions that expand beyond traditional transport; enabling the network to become truly multi-dimensional and agile in nature. NEC Corporation of America serves carrier, SMB and large enterprise clients across multiple vertical industries. For more information, please visit www.necam.com.
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