Telecom Lead Asia: SK Broadband, mobile operator in South
Korea has started deploying IPv6 service to customers across its HFC network
using the ARRIS C4 CMTS Platform.
SK Broadband has upgraded its existing chassis’ with
Software Release 8.0 of ARRIS C4 CMTS Platform.
“We are very pleased with the cost-efficient and
operationally simple solution that the ARRIS C4 CMTS platform brings us in
being able to ensure that none of our customers see any degradation or
termination of service,” said Dae Chul Noh, SK Broadband Network Planning Team
Leader.
ARRIS, a provider of DOCSIS 3.0 technology said that it
has been working with its customers to plan IPv6 feature support for both our
CMTS and CPE platforms.
“We’re encouraged to see the success that SK
Broadband has achieved using our products in their IPv6 deployments, and we
plan to remain at the forefront of delivering real-world IPv6 functionality to
our customers worldwide,” said Todd Kessler, ARRIS VP, CMTS Product Management.
Since 1981, IPv4 has been the publicly used Internet
Protocol and is currently the foundation for most Internet communications.
In April 2011, Asia Pacific became the first region to
run out of IPv4 addresses for Internet infrastructure deployments, due to huge
demand for IP addresses from our high-growth economies.
The exponential growth of the Internet and the traffic it
enables has created a need for more addresses, and IPv6 fills that need.
SK Telecom selects Ericsson to expand 4G LTE network
Recently, SK Telecom inked an agreement with Ericsson to
provide LTE services to its subscribers in the country’s major cities.
Ericsson said demand for LTE services in South
Korea has increased since the commercial launch of the technology in July
2011.
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