SOMERSET, NJ--(Marketwire - July 28, 2009) - AEP Networks and Power & Telephone Supply
Company (Power & Tel) announced today that they have signed a distribution
agreement making AEP's full range of communication hardware and software
available to Power & Tel's customers in North America. AEP Networks'
solutions -- which facilitate copper-to-fiber migration, DDS/TDM to IP
migration, and systems mediation -- enable organizations such as small and
rural telcos to deliver reliable voice and multi-service data
communications. Power & Tel is an independent, full-line stocking
distributor and material management provider to the worldwide
communications market.
Currently, America's independent telephone systems serve more than 40% of
the nation's land mass. Small and rural telcos provide rural America with
an efficient, technologically advanced telecommunications capability, and
thus play an essential role in maintaining the nation's economy. However,
intensifying competition from cellular, satellite, and cable are causing
telephone services to erode at 5%+. As a result, telcos are seeking to
offer competitive services such as high-speed Internet, video, home
security, and healthcare monitoring.
"At Power & Tel, we seek to ensure that the products and solutions we offer
our customers meet the wide-ranging requirements of the marketplace. There
has been a growing need to provide independent/rural telecom operators with
migration and mediation solutions. The AEP Networks product line
accomplishes this with products that support migration to Fiber and IP,"
said Jim Drain, vice president of the Telephone Group for Power & Tel.
"Power & Tel offers the most in-demand brands in the industry and
impressive customer support, with a reputation of producing results that
exceed the expectations of their suppliers," said Pat Donnellan, CEO of AEP
Networks. "We are confident that by teaming with Power & Tel, we can offer
rural telecom solutions providers a selection of cost-effective and
scalable AEP Networks solutions tailored to their specific needs."
Since copper -- such as old copper alarm circuits/lottery terminals,
ground-start terminals and switches, etc. -- cannot carry the increased
load generated by today's on-demand communications requirements, small and
rural telcos are starting to move to fiber. Only 7% of their eight million
customers are already connected with fiber, creating significant business
opportunities for organizations such as Power & Tel and AEP Networks.
Also of interest to small and rural telcos are IP services to lower voice
networking costs and equipment administration costs. DDS/TDM/E&M to IP
Migration enables small and rural telcos to centralize network control and
management while increasing customer satisfaction. AEP Networks' solutions
enable IP services over fiber connections.
AEP Networks will join Power & Tel at upcoming state/regional telecom
association expos, as well as nationwide programs such as SUPERCOMM 2009
taking place October 21-23, 2009, at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.
More about AEP Networks Products
AEP Networks designs, manufactures and implements a range of communication
hardware and software that enable organizations to deliver reliable voice
and multi-service data communications at critical points of operation,
often where it is impossible to establish traditional communication
networks. The single platform product range reflects many years experience
in delivering converged integrated solutions in complex environments with
the ability to build any protocol over any network. The platform is a
robust, reliable and highly supportable solution to the challenge of
providing bandwidth-efficient voice and multi-service data communication
between organizations' control centers and their regional, remote or even
mobile workforce. Our communications equipment provides Quality of Service
across efficiently managed network bandwidth. Our wide range of hardware
and software use a common operating software platform, the vadOS operating
system, which recognizes the importance of each data stream as dictated by
business needs and assigns a level of service integrity and quality while
dynamically managing bandwidth for optimal use. AEP Networks products are
almost the de-facto standard for use by a number of European and Australian
telecom providers, large and small.
Products include:
-- Multiplexing, routing, switching and protocol conversion processors.
A variety of equipment supports a number of data types with simultaneous
protocol tunnels and voice gateways
-- Mobile communication devices for remote deployment
-- Network monitoring and reporting systems
-- Bandwidth management systems
About Power & Tel
Power & Telephone Supply Company (Power & Tel) is an independent, full-line
stocking distributor and material management provider to the worldwide
communications market. Their recognized high-level of service is traced to
experienced sales, technical and warehousing staffs; a state-of-the-art
inventory management and customer service system; industry established best
practices such as ISO 9001:2000; and mature relationships with
manufacturing partners. Serving customers since 1963, Power & Tel is
headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee and has more than 300 employees
globally. The company operates over half a million square feet of
distribution space worldwide and has a proven track record of shipping
material globally. For more information call 800-238-7514 or visit
www.ptsupply.com.
About AEP Networks
AEP Networks offers secure communications, networking and application
access for government, enterprise and carriers. We work with systems
integrators, managed service providers and the distribution channel to
deliver integrated solutions incorporating our leading edge products:
-- Enhanced-grade secure voice and multi-service data platforms (based on
the vadOS operating system) that support a wide range of communications
protocols and network topologies
-- High assurance networking via IPSec-based VPN encryptors for site-to-
site security and remote access
-- Hardware Security Modules (HSM) for cryptographic key management and
storage
-- Secure remote access to networks and applications -- including virtual
environments -- via application-layer security gateways and SSL VPNs
Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, AEP Networks has key hub offices in
the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Australia. For more information, visit
www.aepnetworks.com.