CTS Telecom Selects ADTRAN to Reinvent Its Access Network

ADTRAN®, Inc.,, a leading provider of then-generation networking solutions, today announced that CTS Telecom, an ILEC and CLEC serving southwestern Michigan, has selected the industry's fastest growing access platform, the Total Access® 5000, for a complete network upgrade. The upgrade will allow CTS to address higher-speed data demands and evolve the network to support Voice over IP to its new softswitch. ADTRAN will as well provide the core research for a major fiber roll-out funded in some cases by a Broadband Stimulus award.

Result of this project

As a result of this project, CTS clients will have access to triple-play services including premium HD channels and Video on Demand through their broadband connection. Business clients will be serviced via Active Ethernet providing dedicated service and guaranteeing not only high bandwidth, nevertheless low delay and high reliability as then. With the need to offer a variety of services in the same geography, CTS' ability to provide multiple services from the same platform was a major benefit. CTS will now be able to roll out services quickly and begin generating revenue rapidly. It as well minimizes the effort required to train staff and maintain their network.

"We needed to upgrade the legacy DLCs in our ILEC territories and replace line units in conjunction with the softswitch migration at our CLEC. The Total Access 5000 was the perfect solution for both applications," said Chad Colliver, project manager, CTS Telecom. "This platform provides the flexibility and scalability we needed to increase the efficiency of our network, provide faster DSL services to our clients, all during positioning us for future growth with then and there-generation services."

"Service providers, like CTS Telecom, are benefiting from ADTRAN's ability to support an unprecedented combination of then-generation and standard applications from a single platform. This network upgrade will allow CTS to add Fiber-to-the-Premises, Carrier Ethernet, and other advanced services by simply adding modules to installed systems," said P. Steven Locke, vice president of sales, service providers, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division. "Service provider clients, like CTS Telecom, understand that as their network demands evolve, the Total Access 5000's scalability and flexibility will enable them to adapt quickly to rapid changes in capacity demands."

Independently owned ILEC

CTS Telecom is an independently owned ILEC and CLEC in southwestern lower Michigan celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Construction is currently underway in the ILEC to provide Fiber-to-the-Home, supported with federal Broadband Stimulus funding through ARRA and RUS. The 15-year-old CLEC operations boast an extensive FTTP footprint offering advanced communications services to businesses in the region.

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, with a portfolio of more than 1,700 solutions. 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.

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