A leading supplier of next-generation network solutions, ADTRAN®, Inc., announced that for deployment in its network, Embarq Corporation has selected ADTRAN's Total Access® 5000 Multi-Service Access and Aggregation Platform. This approval expands ADTRAN's reach into the EMBARQ network, where ADTRAN equipment is already widely deployed supporting a variety of broadband applications.

Senior vice president of Network Services, EMBARQ, Jim Hansen, declared: “The services and applications that our customers need are becoming more data centric.” He adds: “This is driving our network toward more converged, packet-based technologies like Ethernet. The Total Access 5000, with its core Ethernet architecture, provides us with the flexibility to support a wide range of applications—all with the same platform.”

Vice president of sales, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division, Bob Fredrickson, commented: “We are excited to have the Total Access 5000 approved for deployment in EMBARQ's network.” He added: “The Total Access 5000 is a great solution for not only enabling broadband services for both residential and business solutions, but for helping carriers like EMBARQ with the migration of existing services onto the IP/Ethernet core.”

Bridging the gap between existing and next-generation networks, the ADTRAN Total Access 5000 is a carrier class multi-service access and aggregation platform. The Total Access 5000, with an all-Ethernet core, supports both legacy and emerging service interfaces over copper and fiber, easily scaling to support bandwidth intensive applications. To economically address both legacy and next generation services while providing a seamless path toward a converged network, this scalable Ethernet architecture allows carriers to use the Total Access 5000.