Charter Communications recently had ATX’s 1.8GHz-capable HFC amplifiers and nodes certified for network deployment. The certification notes that ATX’s GigaXtend™ GMC 1.8GHz Amplifiers and GigaXtend GS7 Nodes are critical components of Charter’s network-wide HFC upgrade to deliver symmetrical gigabit services to millions of its subscribers.
“Charter and ATX share a mission of providing access to fast, affordable and reliable broadband to everyone, everywhere,” said Jay Lee, CTO and GM of Access Networking at ATX. “This is an important step toward that goal, and we are proud to be collaborating with an organization that improves its subscribers’ lives daily through its world-class and fully converged broadband, media and communications services.”
“ATX GigaXtend 1.8GHz Line Extenders and System Amplifiers, introduced in 2022, are the next generation of GainMaker® HFC amplifiers, technology that the company acquired from Cisco in 2020.” These 1.8GHz-capable amplifiers can also operate in 1.2GHz environments and are made in America.
“The GS7000 platform’s design offers the flexibility to support next-generation DOCSIS 4.0 ESD and PON technologies, with the flexibility to deploy 4.0 FDX or unified architectures,” said Justin Colwell, Charter’s Executive Vice President, Connectivity Technology. “The deployment of this equipment is another step towards 10G and connecting more broadband subscribers efficiently and economically.”
GigaXtend 1.8GHz actives are made for seamless integration, allowing MSOs to improve their networks quickly and efficiently by utilizing existing investments and with minimal customer disruption. On top of being more cost-efficient than constructing new networks, reusing existing infrastructure speeds up time to market and is eco-friendly, eradicating the need to recycle or fill up landfills with equipment and cables that are no longer needed.