Ohio's Wabash Mutual Telephone Selects Wave7 for FTTP Network

Wave7 Optics Inc., the world's leading supplier of IP video and point-to-multipoint Ethernet PON FTTP (fiber-to-the-premises) systems for residential and business services, announced that the Wabash Mutual Telephone of Celina, Ohio has selected Wave7's "Last Mile Link" (LML) fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network equipment to deliver a high-quality triple play of IP-based voice, television and data services to residential and business customers in areas outside of their Celina "central exchange" area. WMT currently has 1300 access lines in its service region.

Consisting of an "overbuild" in areas currently served by Verizon and Adelphia, network construction will begin as early as July 2005 and some customers could begin receiving service as early as August 2005. A typical service package will comprise 150 channels of IP television, 30 music channels, one or two phone lines and a data service up to 5 Mb/s symmetrical.