ADTRAN Buys CommScope's Active Fiber Access Product Lines

(RTTNews) - ADTRAN Inc. (ADTN), a provider of next-generation open networking solutions, announced that it has acquired key fiber access products, technologies and service relationships from subsidiaries of CommScope Inc. (COMM).

The key components of the acquisition include: Active EPON and 10G-EPON product platforms, which include infrastructure and customer premises equipment that deliver CableLabs DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON (DPoE) certification; and Radio Frequency over Glass (RFoG) product line, including patented optical beat interference (OBI) mitigated versions.

ADTRAN noted that the acquisition will enhance ADTRAN's solutions for the cable MSO industry and will provide cable operators with the scalable solutions, services and support they require to compete in the multi-gigabit service delivery market.