NET Servicos Selects ARRIS C4® CMTS to Expand its High Speed Data & VoIP Service in Brazil
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SUWANEE, Ga., March 4 - ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that Brazil's NET Servicos de Comunicacao S.A., owner of Latin America's largest cable operator, NET, has placed a large order for ARRIS C4 CMTS' to be deployed across its national footprint. The C4 CMTS' will provide high-speed data service as well as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service to NET customers in cities including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba, Brasilia and Santos.
"As the Brazilian broadband landscape becomes more competitive, we must continue to offer our customers the widest variety of telecommunications services available, and we were impressed with the C4's density, scalability and all-component redundancy," said NET CEO Jose Antonio Felix on announcing the selection.
"After a rigorous selection process we are honored to be selected by NET to help them provide advanced Voice and High Speed Data service," said German Iaryczower, ARRIS Vice President of Sales, Latin America. "Our goal is to help NET implement a successful and trouble-free HSD and VoIP solution, which can be cost-efficiently and reliably maintained for the future communication needs of their growing customer base."
About NET Brazil
NET is the largest pay-television operator in Latin America, based upon the number of subscribers and homes passed. It operates in 79 Brazilian cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. NET is also the leading provider of high-speed cable modem Internet access through Net Virtua service. NET's advanced network of coaxial and fiber-optic cable covers over 44,000 kilometers and passes approximately 9.0 million homes.
Currently, NET's main services include pay-television and pay-per-view programming under the "NET" brand name, digital cable under the "NET Digital" brand name, broadband Internet service under the "NET Virtua" brand name and voice service under "NET Fone via Embratel" brand name.
About ARRIS
ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver reliable telephony, demand driven video, next-generation advertising and high-speed data services. ARRIS products expand and help grow network capacity, reliably deliver voice, video and data services and assure optimal service delivery for end customers. Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Atlanta; Chicago; Beaverton, OR; Wallingford, CT; Cork, Ireland and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com/.
Source: ARRIS
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