ADTRAN Partners with SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo to Explore the Evolution of the Access Network

ADTRAN brings together entire fiber access ecosystem, including Buckeye Broadband, CableLabs, Comcast, Corning Optical Communications, Cox Communications, HBC, SCTE•ISBE and Schurz Communications, to demystify network evolution, enterprise and MDU market strategies

ADTRAN^®, Inc., ADTN, the leading provider of next-generation open networking solutions, today announced it has partnered with SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo to present a closing-day conference panel on Thursday, October 25, focused on "The Evolving Access Networks: Deployment Strategies and Use Cases."

"Service providers today are getting more and more pressure to meet demands for high-bandwidth applications like 4K video and virtual or augmented reality. ADTRAN is helping these providers address the challenges that come with new broadband-rich applications, build their best networks to fit their subscribers' needs, and turn these challenges into new revenue opportunities," ADTRAN Vice President of Cable & Wireless Strategy Hossam Salib said. "We are partnering with SCTE•ISBE to bring together some of the brightest minds to share their perspectives and success stories with attendees, so that everyone can walk away with a better understanding of the opportunities that lie throughout the enterprise and MDU/MTU markets."

SCTE•ISBE Cable-Tec Expo will be held October 22-25, 2018, in Atlanta, Ga. ADTRAN's sponsored post-conference discussion panel will be held on October 25, 2018, from 12:00pm-4:00pm EDT (Room #B407) with speakers from Buckeye Broadband, CableLabs, Comcast, Corning Optical Communications, Cox Communications, HBC, SCTE•ISBE and Schurz Communications. These speakers will explore the evolution of the access network, focusing on fiber readiness for next-gen access technologies and how to evolve the network with fiber and data center techniques. While this session is sold out with standing room only, there will be options for those interested in the content to access the materials after the event. ADTRAN will post a wrap up of the conference to its blog in early November here: http://www.adtran.com/index.php/blog.

Additionally, ADTRAN will showcase its portfolio of Fiber Deep and DAA solutions at its booth #947, with four stations that include Gigabit to the MDU, Fixed Wireless Access, Business Solutions and virtualized 10G EPON. The 10G EPON station will feature a live demonstration of a disaggregated, SDN-enabled, remote OLT that supports the ONF Trellis architecture. The demo will show triple play services over a symmetric 10G EPON for residential and enterprise customers.

About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is the leading global provider of networking and communications equipment. ADTRAN's products enable voice, data, video and internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private enterprises, government organizations and millions of individual users worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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