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White Rock Networks Selected By PPL Telcom to Provide Transport for 3G Wireless Network; Fiber-Enabled Cell Sites to Provide Carrier-Class TDM & Ethernet Backhaul

Posted on: Friday, 16 September 2005, 09:00 CDT

White Rock Networks, a leading provider of next-generation optical transport systems for metro networks, announced today that PPL Telcom has selected its Transport and Multi-service Optical Access products to provide backhaul capabilities to cell sites in the Northeast United States for one of the nation's top wireless carriers.

PPL Telcom will deploy White Rock's VLX2020(R) Optical Transport system in a multi-node OC-192 core aggregation ring supporting multiple subtended OC-48 optical access rings for backhaul of TDM and Ethernet cellular traffic. White Rock's VLX2006(TM) Multi-service Access platform will be installed at individual cell sites on the OC-48 rings providing fully protected Ethernet, DS1 and DS3 transport of wireless voice and data services.

"The selection of White Rock Networks' products will provide our wireless carrier customer with high-capacity TDM and Ethernet fed cell sites, capable of a rapid migration to their third-generation, data-enabled cellular network, resulting in significant savings in upgrade costs," said Ray Winkler, Vice President of Engineering at PPL Telcom.

"PPL Telcom's immediate application called for high-density DS1 backhaul of existing 2G cellular voice traffic. The VLX2020's DS1 grooming, transmux and 3/1 cross-connect capabilities proved an easy and cost-effective way to optimize the transport efficiency of PPL Telcom's existing T1 TDM traffic, " said Lonnie Martin, Founder/CEO of White Rock Networks. "Combined with the Ethernet capabilities of the VLX2020 and VLX2006, our solution provides carrier-class, fully protected Ethernet transport for their impending transition to 3G, together with native support for legacy DS1 and DS3 backhaul in a single low-cost package."

The VLX2006 and VLX2020, as well as other members of the White Rock product family, will be on display at CompTel/ASCENT 2005 in Orlando, FL on October 9-12 (White Rock's booth # 316).

About White Rock Networks

White Rock Networks offers service providers a highly adaptable family of optical transport and IP aggregation products, all designed to enable lower-cost, higher-speed, and more data-centric metro-area service delivery. Its products facilitate service revenue growth by supporting a flexible array of data, voice, and video transport and service delivery applications. For further information, please go to www.whiterock.com.

About PPL Telcom

PPL Telcom, an unregulated subsidiary of PPL Corporation, provides broadband solutions to telecommunications companies, Internet service providers and large businesses and institutions - such as hospitals, schools and government agencies - that need high-speed data connections among multiple locations.

PPL Telcom's fiber-optic network is strategically situated in the mid-Atlantic region, servicing 15 markets in six states and the District of Columbia. The network consists of more than 3,000 route miles of fiber utilizing advanced optical systems, and provides service to customers throughout the northeast corridor from New York to Washington, D.C. Locations include Allentown, Pa.; Baltimore; Bethlehem, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Lancaster, Pa.; Newark, N.J.; New York; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Reading, Pa.; Scranton, Pa.; northern Virginia; Washington, D.C.; Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Williamsport, Pa. and York, Pa. More information is available at www.ppltelcom.com.

PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL), headquartered in Allentown, Pa., controls about 12,000 megawatts of generation capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to nearly 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America. More information is available at www.pplweb.com.

Source: Business Wire

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