Power & Tel Joins Hatteras Channel Partner Program

Hatteras Networks (Booth 204), a provider of last-mile Ethernet bonded copper access and service platforms, announces that Power & Telephone Supply Co. (Power & Tel, Booth 215) has joined its Channel Provider Program.

The agreement, which includes Hatteras Networks HN4000, HN4000 VN and HN400 service creation platforms, enables Power & Tel to deliver up to 45mbps of symmetrical business services to market based on a success- based deployment and scaling methodology. Power & Tel will focus on deployments of the solutions within the independent telephone companies.

As a company, we strive to carry solutions that meet our customers most current needs. Hatteras Networks standards-based Ethernet over Copper solution is an ideal platform on which our customers can build truly differentiated business services, says Jim Drain, vice president of the telephone group for Memphis, Tenn.-based Power & Tel. We are extremely happy to be able to offer the proven Hatteras solution to the independent telephone market as a way to extend their existing fiber-based Ethernet services over copper, or upgrade existing last-mile customers to higher-performance private line services.