14 DAY TRIAL // Infrastructure solutions provider Ericsson has announced recently that wireless carrier AT&T chose it to become one of the two suppliers for the carrier's Wireline Access products and services. According to the company, the new deal is a breakthrough win for its wireline business on the North American continent.
Through the new agreement, Ericsson is to deliver AT&T with full system solutions for the carrier's wireline access network, in a move aimed at speeding AT&T's capability to deliver new broadband-based products and services to market. Moreover, the agreement is also based on the operator's new strategy that should enable shorter technology introduction cycles, as well as better collaboration with its suppliers and faster development of future technologies.
The full end-to-end system solutions that Ericsson should provide AT&T with are meant to enable the latter to lower the time-to-market of new products and services. At the same time, Ericsson also announced that the agreement would enable it to focus on the development of its solutions, while also being able to tighten the relationships with third parties.
“Ericsson is honored to be entrusted by AT&T with this critical role,” said Angel Ruiz, President of Ericsson North America. “AT&T is a global leader in fixed broadband deployments and helps set the standard that others within the industry look to. We look forward to providing AT&T and its customers with the best technologies and solutions our industry has to offer.”
The two companies have also announced that AT&T has already approved the general deployment of GPON Fiber to the Home (FTTH) solution from Ericsson, and will now go for the company's DSL portfolio for Fiber to the Node (FTTN) and IP DSLAM solutions that should support the carrier's U-verse offerings, including IPTV, High Speed Internet and VoIP over an all IP network infrastructure.