Dallas
to El Paso
Transtelco has completed an
agreement with the Fairport,
NY-based communications
provider PAETEC, to complete
the remaining leg of its Texas
fiber route between El Paso and
Temple and to purchase routes
linking the rest of Central Texas
from PAETEC.
Under the arrangement
Transtelco obtains a 50 per cent
share of the PAETEC route to El
Paso allowing it to significantly
increase its fiber capacity and
provide additional SONET ring
diversity to its client base
operating across the southern
US and Northern Mexico.
“Collaborating with PAETEC...
provides Transtelco not
only with additional further
diversification within its cross
border network but assures us
that our goal of operating one
of the most reliable networks
on the US/Mexico border will
ensue,” said Miguel Fernandez,
CEO of Transtelco.
“Additionally, the significantly
increased fiber capacity and
the ability to now provide
SONET diversity between
locations within our network
will allow us to better meet
the growing needs of our cross
border clients.”
Work to complete the final
El Paso – Temple route is
underway, and the Central
Texas route is expected to be
available for service in 3Q 2011.
“This agreement with Transtelco
supports our overall strategy to
continue to serve our customers
through expanded fiber
network,” said Arunas A
Chesonis, chairman and CEO
of PAETEC. “Creating a joint
venture with a well established
fiber operator like Transtelco
allows us to not only expand our
extensive US fiber network, but
also presents additional services
not before available to our
Texas customers.”
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Jeffrey Brunner, KVH’s vice president
of operations for military and fiber optic
products, explained, “The small size,
precision, and affordability of these
products are key reasons why they
are rapidly becoming the gyro of choice
in a growing universe of applications.
“This 50,000 unit milestone includes
single-axis sensors used in weapon
and optical stabilization as well as fully
integrated multi-axis inertial measurement
units (IMUs) used in torpedoes, dynamic
surveying applications, and other
projects requiring the level of precise
measurement that only FOGs can offer.
“Engineers and system integrators
regularly turn to KVH for reliable, innovative
solutions like our new DSP-1750 to support
everything from cutting-edge new
programs and experimental projects
to upgrades for existing systems.”
KVH’s FOGs provide angular rotation
data without any moving parts, which
significantly improves the life span
of the device and allows for reliable
performance in applications with high
shock and/or vibration.
KVH is believed to be the only fiber optic
gyro manufacturer to produce its own
specially designed optical fiber, giving
the company complete control over the
entire production process.
50,000 FOG
milestone
Following continued demand for
precision pointing and stabilization
in a growing number of military and
commercial applications,
KVH Industries Inc has produced its
50,000
th
fiber optic gyro (FOG).
KVH manufactures the high-precision
FOG using single-mode,
polarization-maintaining E*CoreTM
and E*Core ThinFiber technology
and digital signal processing (DSP)
electronics.
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