Rio Selects ZyXEL Access Equipment for Internet Services

ZyXEL, a provider of secure broadband networking and routing products, has announced that RIO Networks, a provider of communications services, has selected their Multi-Service Access Node product line to deliver high-speed internet services to their customers.

ZyXEL will provide RIO Networks with a host of products from its Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) product line and CPEs, enabling RIO Networks to offer its customers an unprecedented level of value-added high-speed networking services.

RIO Networks will deploy ZyXEL’s end-to-end access solution including their IES-5000 MSAN with ADSL2+, VDSL2 and POTs line cards and their ADSL2+ gateway, the P660HW. The IES-5000 enables RIO Networks to offer ultra high-speed (50Mbps) internet over VDSL2 in the short loop and bonded ADSL2+ technology for the longer loop; super high-speed Internet access using ADSL2+ technology for longer loop as well as VoIP service using a POTS card, alleviating the need to install VoIP adapters in homes and offices.