Harmonic and WISI Partner for Next Gen Cable Access

Harmonic and WISI Communications have joined forces to develop next generation cable access technology for cable operators.

Author:: Michael Balderston
Updated:: Feb 23, 2018
Original:: Jun 11, 2015

NIEFERN, GERMANY & SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Harmonic, a video delivery infrastructure developer, and WISI Communications, a provider of TV and broadband network technology, have joined forces to develop next generation cable access technology for cable operators. The companies will develop products that keep pace with rapidly updating business and industry requirements such as CCAP, DOCSIS 3.1 and Distributed Access Architecture with digital fiber transport.

The end-to-end solution from the California-based Harmonic and Germany-based WISI combines the former’s NSG Pro CCAP and NSG Exo systems, which simplify network design and operation, with WISI’s OPTOPUS, a high density platform for HFC-, RFOG networks, and TANGRAM video platform.

The duos end-to-end solution is on demonstration at ANGA COM 2015, June 9-11, in Cologne, Germany.

Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in video delivery infrastructure, and WISI Communications, a provider of world-class TV and broadband network solutions, today announced a partnership that provides cable operators with next-generation cable access solutions. Under the joint collaboration, Harmonic and WISI will develop products that allow operators to keep pace with ever-evolving business and industry requirements such as CCAP, DOCSIS 3.1 and Distributed Access Architecture with digital fiber transport. Through their powerful cable access solutions, Harmonic and WISI offer the service provider, hospitality, enterprise and MDU markets a flexible, scalable network architecture that optimizes the delivery of video, data and voice services, while lowering capital and operating expenses.

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