Press Release
Cell Site Aggregation Improves Backhaul Efficiency
Lower operational costs with CrossPATH® 4
Hillsboro, Oregon—May 11, 2006—Kentrox®, a leading manufacturer of high-speed network access solutions, announces CrossPATH 4 for cell site aggregation. CrossPATH enables wireless carriers to aggregate and manage today's existing networks while providing migration options to future packet-based technologies.
Backhaul costs are rising, and carriers are looking to reduce this expense. Often, leased lines are not being fully utilized. CrossPATH 4 aggregates traffic to fully utilize the backhaul circuits already in place—eliminating the need to purchase additional T1s. CrossPATH also supports up to 16 T1 CSUs and includes an integrated Quality of Service router in a 1 RU package, reducing the amount of cell site equipment required.
Managing equipment at cell sites is expensive. CrossPATH reduces this cost while minimizing downtime with powerful remote management capabilities. Potential T1 outages can be identified and diagnosed before they occur with built-in test and diagnostic tools. Advanced diagnostics enable remote monitoring and display T1 signal and voltage levels of each port in real-time, ensuring quality and minimizing cell site downtime. This is available through an easy-to-use embedded Graphical User Interface (GUI).
"Wireless carriers want to improve cell site efficiency," says Dan Murray, Vice President of Marketing. "CrossPATH 4 grooms 2G and 3G cell site traffic to minimize backhaul costs, while advanced remote management and diagnostics reduce truck rolls. In addition to improving efficiency of today's radio access network, CrossPATH enables carriers to easily migrate to IP and ATM packet backhaul when the time is right."
The key features of the CrossPATH 4 include:
- 16 T1s with integrated CSUs
- Small 1RU package
- Web GUI for easy installation
- Enhanced remote management
- Powerful network diagnostics
- DS0 cross connect functionality
- IP and ATM migration options (NxT1, T3, OC3, Ethernet)
"Wireless carriers are having to build out additional transport capacity at their cell sites to support new subscriber growth and high throughput services based on High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) for W-CDMA carriers or 1X EVDO for CDMA carriers", says Patrick Donegan, Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading. "These requirements are driving carriers to consider packet backhaul technologies such as ATM and IP to reduce their backhaul transport costs. Products like the CrossPATH 4 are designed to aggregate today's cell site traffic and enable a migration to lower cost packet backhaul."
Pricing and Availability
CrossPATH 4 is immediately available for purchase. The multi-service modules for IP, ATM, E1, and higher-speed TDM will be available throughout 2006. Contact Kentrox for availability: 800 733 5511, +1 503 643 1681 or email at info@kentrox.com. Kentrox also provides services to meet a variety of business needs. These include Kentrox Care support plans, onsite or remote technical support, access to free software upgrades, onsite and telephone installation, and product technical training.
About Kentrox
Kentrox is a supplier of high-speed network access equipment, including the CrossPATH 4 and CrossPATH 3G for cell site aggregation, the recently-introduced and award-winning QoS appliance, Q-Series QoS access routers, DSU/CSUs, and ATM access concentrators. Its extensive customer base includes enterprises and small-to-medium offices, carriers, wireless service providers and government entities worldwide. Kentrox is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. Contact the company at 800 733 5511 or via the Web at www.kentrox.com.
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