By Jeff Baumgartner, CED
September 25, 2006

Wave7 Optics and Embarq Logistics, the distribution and supply arm of Embarq, are tag-teaming on a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployment with Ridgeville Telephony Company of Ohio.

The resulting EPON-based system, based on Wave7's Trident7 technology, will be capable of piping in voice and data services, and could leverage an RF overlay to deliver a lineup of broadcast video channels.

Ridgeville Telephony, which serves more than 50,000 residential and business access lines, said it plans to add IPTV and music channels "at a later date."

The companies expect to begin connecting customers to the new network later this year.

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