Teleste forms JV with Antronix for North America market

US broadband technology specialist Antronix and Finland-based video and broadband technology provider Teleste have formed a joint venture to offer next-generation Gigabit cable access network solutions to the North American market.

The joint venture, whose majority shares are owned by Teleste, will operate under the name Teleste Intercept LLC and combine the companies’ next-generation products and access network technologies.

Headquartered at the Antronix offices in Cranbury, New Jersey, the JV will combine Teleste’s expertise in DOCSIS 3.1 compliant network technologies in the European cable broadband space and Antronix’s Intercept eHFC line of products.

In its first phase, the joint venture will bring Teleste’s DOCSIS 3.1 compliant intelligent optical nodes, headend optics and Remote PHY devices – fitted to meet the local industry requirements – to the North American market.

These will be available alongside Antronix’s line of optical products and eHFC offering. Antronix’s core branded products – including indoor and mainline passives, multi-taps, residential amplifiers, and point-of-entry filters – will remain under the Antronix portfolio.

“We look forward to combining our capabilities and expertise with Teleste to deliver innovative, Next Generation broadband technologies. For more than 30 years, Antronix has provided the material framework that has supported broadband cable service to millions of households. With Teleste, we are creating a compelling end-to-end access network offering. Our Intercept eHFC FTTT solution is an excellent complement to Teleste’s mastery of Fiber Deep and Remote PHY access nodes and innovative telemetry and monitoring solutions. This technology venture will address the needs of a quickly evolving landscape for decades, when offered as a comprehensive solution.  The joint venture solves many of the challenges of network scalability and the ever-increasing data demand cable service providers will face in the next evolution of their networks,” said Neil Tang, president of Antronix.  .

Hanno Narjus

“We are truly excited to enter this joint venture with Antronix, a company with an excellent reputation and strong position in the U.S. cable broadband market. Emergence of Distributed Architecture is changing the world for cable broadband operators as the new technologies enable significant increase in the broadband speeds to engage subscribers.  Additionally, our well-proven Intelligent Network concept offers another major opportunity area for operators who wish to improve network reliability and service availability. We are pleased that working together with Antronix, we will be able to bring the North American operators new, viable options for driving a customer-oriented business fulfilling consumer’ expectations for increased speed and service uptime,” said Hanno Narjus, SVP of network products at Teleste.