Patton’s First Mile Ethernet Modem Earns NGN Leadership Award for 20109.22.2010 NGN magazine honors Patton’s RocketLink™ 3200 Series Ethernet-in-the-First-Mile (EFM) Modem for outstanding innovation.  GAITHERSBURG, MD: Patton—the leader in business and carrier-class network access, connectivity, VoIP and mobile video-surveillance equipment announced today the company’s RocketLink™ 3200 Series EFM G.SHDSL Modem has won the prestigious Next-Generation-Network (NGN) Leadership Award for 2010, granted by Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC) NGN Magazine.
Deployed on customer premises or within the carrier network, the RocketLink™ 3200 enables service providers to use existing copper last-mile infrastructure to deliver profitable broadband-access or data-backhaul services to businesses, governments, and other institutions. Bonding up to four twisted pairs (8 wires) into a reliable communications channel, the RocketLink™ 3202 EFM modem extends Ethernet connections over SHDSL (EoSHDSL) up to 1.6 miles/2.6km at symmetrical nx64 rates up to 22.8 Mbps. “In the current economic climate, operators feel immense pressure to generate profitable revenue from existing infrastructure investments,” said Johnnie Grant, Product Manager at Patton. “The business case for leveraging pre-installed copper today versus rolling out new fiber is more compelling than ever.” Announced last September, the RocketLink 3200 immediately became popular with carrier providers because, as Mr. Grant observed “Operators can use the infrastructure they already have to deliver new, revenue-generating services.” “Yet compatibility among network elements is critical,” Grant added. “Patton is leading the charge for interoperability as vendors begin marketing their CPE and DSLAM implementations of EFM.” Compliant with ITU-T G.991.2, Patton’s RocketLink 3200 series implements the IEEE 802.3ah PAF variant of EFM, also known as 2BASE-TL. Patton hosts the LinkedIn group Implementing Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) over Copper, a forum for discussing and promoting interoperability among EFM equipment manufacturers. “Patton has done exceptional work to advance NGN services and technologies,” stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. “The RocketLink™ 3200 has contributed to the transformation of the industry. Congratulations to the entire Patton team! We look forward to many more technology innovations from Patton in Ethernet Extension, VoIP, Mobile Video Surveillance and NGN arenas.” TMCnet’s NGN Leadership Award recognizes growth, evolution and distinction among the technologies that enable next-generation networks. Earlier this year Patton’s SmartNode Session Border Controller scored the brand’s ninth VoIP award, sustaining Patton’s five-year winning streak. Last month Patton published its new Remote Access Guide while announcing a price reduction on its US-manufactured RAS equipment. 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TMC Contact: Jan Pierret Marketing Manager 203-852-6800, ext. 228 [email protected] About Patton Patton is a multi-national organization that designs, develops, and manufactures electronic communications equipment for network access, connectivity, voice-over-IP, triple play and video surveillance. Deployed throughout the world in carrier, enterprise, and industrial networks, most Patton products are manufactured in the USA. Patton is ISO 9001:2008 certified and markets a catalog of over 1000 products including SmartNode™ VoIP solutions (SIP and H.323) for analog and ISDN telephony; Visuality™ mobile-video surveillance, collection, and intelligence distribution solution, ForeFront™ multi-service access infrastructure solutions for TDM and IP service delivery (T1/E1, G.SHDSL, xDSL, dial-up); IPLink™ CPE solutions for last-mile/local-loop access (WAN routers, modems, remote access servers, NTUs, CSU/DSUs); CopperLink™ Ethernet Extenders; EtherBITS™ device servers; EnviroNET™ NEMA4-compliant hardened networking equipment, and a full range of network-connectivity Micro-Products (interface converters, short-range modems, multiplexers, surge protectors). Incorporated in 1984, Patton Electronics marked their 25th anniversary of operation on 1 January 2009. For more information or a free catalog, contact [email protected] Patton Electronics Company 7622 Rickenbacker Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20879 USA Tel: (301) 975-1000 Fax: (301) 869-9293 Email: [email protected] Web: www.patton.com ### |
