Lumos Networks Selects ADTRAN for Innovative 10G FTTP Rollout

ADTRAN,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), the leading provider of next-generation open
networking and subscriber experience solutions, today announced that Lumos
Networks, a Segra Company, is leveraging the ADTRAN 10G
fiber access portfolio to deploy network-wide 10Gbps or 10G fiber
services for small business customers. Lumos Networks is a Rural Local
Exchange Carrier (RLEC) fiber operator and is upgrading its network to
better serve rapidly growing bandwidth demands from municipalities,
higher education facilities and teaching hospitals, financial services
companies, government and small business customers.

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Lumos Networks offers a range of broadband services and enjoys the
flexibility that the ADTRAN
Total Access 5000 fiber broadband platform provides as the
cornerstone of its highly capable access network. Lumos Networks has
relied on ADTRAN, its technology, support and domain expertise for
nearly a decade, as it has worked to build a network that exceeds user
expectations for speed and reliability. Lumos Networks will benefit from
the service agility, operational simplicity and flexibility afforded by
the ADTRAN software-defined
access (SD-Access) architecture, and now scale to 10G deployments
with commercial product availability planned for the first quarter of
2019.

The following communities will benefit from these first-to-market,
innovative 10G fiber services:

• Waynesboro, VA
• Clifton Forge, VA
• Covington, VA
• Botetourt County, VA
• Others to follow

“The number of applications that require more robust broadband services
continues to grow for both residential and small business customers,
especially with emerging technologies accelerating network demands,”
said Lumos Networks SVP and General Manager Diego Anderson. “Our
partnership with ADTRAN positions us to create reliable connections with
our customers while delivering a level of distinguishing service and
support over a fiber-based infrastructure.”

Anderson continues, “The initial product offering will include tiered
symmetrical speed profiles of two, four and eight gigabits per second
for delivering higher-speed solutions to meet evolving customer
requirements. We also anticipate increasing speed profiles in the future
based on the flexibility provided within this platform.”

“Lumos Networks is committed to serve as the leading provider of fiber
broadband services in each of its markets so that its customers can reap
the benefits that next-generation 10G services bring to communities and
individual customers,” ADTRAN’s Vice President and Head of Sales for the
Americas Harris Razak said. “We share the Lumos Networks commitment for
customer service and look forward to helping them expand the range and
reach of these innovative 10G services into every market they serve.”

About ADTRAN

At ADTRAN, Inc., we believe amazing things happen when people connect.
From the cloud edge to the subscriber edge, we help communications
service providers around the world manage and scale services that
connect people, places and things to advance human progress. Whether
rural or urban, domestic or international, telco or cable, enterprise or
residential—ADTRAN solutions optimize existing technology
infrastructures and create new, multi-gigabit platforms that leverage
cloud economics, data analytics, machine learning and open
ecosystems—the future of global networking. Find more at ADTRAN,
LinkedIn
and Twitter.

About LUMOS NETWORKS

Lumos Networks is part of Segra, one of the largest independent fiber
bandwidth companies in the U.S., and has provided integrated
communications services to rural Virginia markets since 1897. Lumos
Networks offers high-speed residential and business-class broadband data
Internet, digital television, digital voice, and managed Wi-Fi services.
The full suite of telecommunication services is supported by local,
professional customer care.

For additional information, visit www.lumos.net
or call 1-800-262-2200.

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