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Date: 7th February 2006
Title: Paxio delivers advanced FTTH services to the bay area with automated broadband solution from PacketFront

PacketFront, the world leader in open access fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology and next generation broadband aggregation, has announced that Anaheim, Calif.-based PAXIO Inc., a registered competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) that provides Internet and VoIP services, has chosen PacketFront's unique BECS control and provisioning system for the deployment of advanced IP services in new residential developments in California.

Working closely with one of the nation's largest home builders, PAXIO is offering FTTH to the rapidly growing technology hub of California's Bay Area. PAXIO's FTTH network offers homeowners virtually unlimited bandwidth that provides Internet connection speeds of up to one Gigabit per second, a speed far superior to those provided by telephone or cable networks. This allows homeowners to easily download movies from the Internet, effortlessly conduct multiple downloads at one time, and use voice over IP services.

PAXIO selected PacketFront's sophisticated BECS control and provisioning system to streamline the delivery and management of its services.

"PacketFront has provided us with some sophisticated new tools that help us deliver on our motto 'True Broadband, True Choice'," said Phillip Clark, President of PAXIO. "We are a rapidly growing company, dealing with broadband deployments over a vast geographical area as such, it is vital that we have complete control over our networks from a central location, and that we can trouble-shoot problems quickly and efficiently. We feel the introduction of PacketFront equipment and management systems will have a significant long term effect in reducing OPEX."

To keep pace with the high demands of PAXIO's customer base, a more sophisticated Layer 3 design was necessary to manage advanced FTTH services. This was achieved by replacing PAXIO's existing access layer with PacketFront ASR routers, managed by BECS. This enables PAXIO to provide service control right up to the network edge, while allowing the rest of PAXIO's existing network infrastructure to be retained.

BECS automates the IP services delivered across the new FTTH infrastructure to disparate geographical sites and provides support and management facilities to each site. PAXIO is able to manage all end users from a centralised location, which has raised customer service standards and reduced resources required for moves, adds and changes to subscriber services.

In addition to BECS, PacketFront has supplied PAXIO with its Subscriber Management Tool (SMT) and Helpdesk Management Tool (HMT) software solutions. SMT delivers self-registration and self-activation capabilities to end users, while HMT provides customer visibility and enables remote trouble-shooting of problems.

"We are very pleased to be involved with such an exciting and up and coming company in California," said Martin Thunman, CEO of PacketFront. "The BECS system is ideal for challenging, large scale deployments such as those carried out by PAXIO. Not only does it offer complete automation and control over service provisioning, but also offers high levels of functionality in vital areas such as security, traceability, QoS and conditional access."

About PAXIO
PAXIO Inc. deploys fiber networks and technology solutions in select communities. Delivering extraordinary broadband capacity has placed PAXIO at the forefront of the fiber to the home industry. PAXIO's redefinement of the broadband delivery infrastructure provides the foundation for the next generation of digital consumers and businesses. Working with municipalities, land developers, builders, commercial properties, apartments and home owners associations PAXIO provides consultation, design, deployment, system management, and broadband services increasing community value, and improving consumer and business functionality, and enriching the quality of life within PAXIO service areas.