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Metrobility Optical Systems Selected By Philippine Service Provider; Ethernet Access Product Extends Remotely Managed DSL Capabilities

Posted on: Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 12:00 CST

Metrobility Optical Systems has announced that PhilCom Corporation, the premier telecommunications service provider in the Philippines, has selected and installed Metrobility's Radiance Optical Ethernet System to extend the provider's DSL capabilities throughout the Mindanao area.

PhilCom Corporation's new ADSL offering is based on IP/Ethernet and provides billable data rates based on usage. The service utilizes Metrobility's Radiance BWDM (bi-directional wavelength multiplexing) Access Line Cards in each remote DSLAM location to provide a 100Mbps Ethernet uplink to the central office over a single strand of fiber. This ability to utilize a single strand of fiber for both upstream and downstream traffic effectively doubled the fiber capability allowing PhilCom to support twice the number of users on their existing fiber infrastructure.

Braid Networks, a local system integrator, designed the solution for PhilCom. According to Benjamin T. Feldia, Jr., president of Braid Networks, "Since the remote DSLAM cabinets are not temperature-controlled, PhilCom required a conversion device which would not only operate reliably in temperatures which can reach 60 degrees C but also provide monitoring of the temperature in each cabinet. Metrobility's Radiance solution not only offers the copper-to-fiber conversion required to connect PhilCom's fiber infrastructure to the DSLAM device, but also provides the central office with real time temperature data within the outdoor cabinet."

"Because customers are billed based on usage, it is important that we maintain a very reliable connection," stated Eric Francis A. Soltero, AVP Technical Operations for PhilCom. "Metrobility provides a solution that enables PhilCom technicians to monitor conditions at each remote site without a truck roll. This has reduced the company's operational expenses and increased the reliability of service to the customer." PhilCom began deployment of the new DSL offering in June and expects up to 1000 new customers during the first year.

The Radiance Access Line Card was the first product to deliver Ethernet First Mile (EFM) OAM features to the metro-access service provider market. Installed in a Metrobility chassis at the central office and the remote DSLAM cabinet, the Access Line Card enables remote WAN management including remote loopback; temperature, power and voltage monitoring; integral optical power meter capability; real time quality of line monitoring; and bandwidth provisioning for optical Ethernet.

About PhilCom Corporation

Founded in 1924, PhilCom Corp. (then known as Radio Corporation of America), a leading edge telecommunications service provider in the Philippines offers Internet, Voice Services (Direct Access IDD and NDD; Dial-up IDD and NDD), Concert Frame Relay, International Private Line, Integrated Services Digital Network, Domestic Private Line, Domestic Frame Relay, Telex and Card services to both business and residential customers in the Mindanao area. Additional information about PhilCom Corp. is available at http://www.philcom.ph.

About Metrobility Optical Systems

Metrobility Optical Systems is an innovative, next generation optical networking company focusing on delivering optical access, connectivity and multiplexing to create a more efficient, more reliable, and more manageable network infrastructure. Metrobility harnesses the power of Ethernet and fiber optics to deliver superior carrier-class network connectivity solutions to bring WAN-manageable capabilities -remote management, connectivity, and access - to the metropolitan area network. Established as Lancast in 1991, Metrobility has over a million units installed in networks around the world and is the product of choice for network builders who need to maximize network uptime and ensure network availability.

Metrobility Optical Systems is an ISO 9001:2000 registered company based in Merrimack, New Hampshire USA. More information on Metrobility Optical Systems is available at www.metrobility.com.

Lancast, Metrobility, Metrobility Optical Systems, and NetBeacon are registered trademarks of Metrobility Optical Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Business Wire

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