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Integan to select
Teleste as a Vendor
for cable network upgrade
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T company has a long tradition within the cable industry and today,
it is focused on managing and developing a high-quality cable
network, meeting the consumers’ constantly growing demands for
faster and more reliable connectivity.
Owned by the local municipalities in the area of Antwerp, Integan is
a telecommunications operator that takes care of a cable network
with about 250,000 homes passed. The deployment of 1.2 GHz nodes further strengthens Integan
capabilities as a provider of higher speed data transmission over DOCSIS
3.1 across its cable infrastructure. “We are very pleased to cooperate with
Integan to harness its network with future-proof capacity capabilities.
eleste has announced that it has been selected as a vendor for
Integan’s network upgrade project in Belgium. The agreement
comprises 700 of Teleste’s AC8810 intelligent 1.2 GHz
nodes, which will be delivered during the next two years, starting in
September 2018.
The frame agreement value is estimated to be about one million
euros. “We chose the Teleste AC8810 optical node because it
integrates seamlessly with our exiting HFC network, resulting in
minimal installation cost.
Our experience with other Teleste products showed us its superior
reliability. We expect the AC8810 optical node to have a positive
impact on our operational cost and customer satisfaction,” said Jan
Arts, Head of HFC Network operations at Integan.
Integan’s public bidding process was based on price and product
performance as well as delivery and support capability. The
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During our previous collaboration, we have learned to appreciate its
long-term experience and know-how of the cable industry, combined
with its innovative approach that makes it possible to address future
challenges in a practical and agile way,” said Rami Kimari, Vice
President of HFC Networks for Teleste.
Teleste’s AC8810 is an intelligent, dual active output node with
upstream segmentation for solid networks. Supporting DOCSIS 3.1
frequencies, the node brings true benefits to operators in terms of
capacity performance and redundancy. Due to the possibility to adjust
performance and power consumption according to the RF load and
output level, the AC8810 is also easy and economical to operate. n
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