JDSU Launches Broadband@Work Across America Campaign
September 01 2009 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Initiative to Help Rural Service Providers Succeed at Broadband
Deployment Kicks-Off at OSP Expo 2009 Booth #508 MILPITAS, Calif.,
Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; TSX: JDU)
today launched "Broadband@Work Across America," a campaign to help
raise awareness and educate rural service providers on the
technical issues and challenges that could impact their ability to
successfully deploy broadband services in towns across the country.
The campaign is inspired by the 2009 American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, which provides $7.2 billion to accelerate
broadband service deployment to rural and underserved regions in
the nation. The first deadline for broadband stimulus grant
applications was recently completed on August 20, 2009, and two
more will be scheduled until all funding is awarded on September
30, 2010. Broadband@Work Across America leverages JDSU's decades of
expertise in broadband network test and management solutions as
well as optical components and equipment, to help rural
telecommunications providers use stimulus funds to deploy broadband
services through fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), digital subscriber line
(DSL), wireless, and hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) systems, among
others. JDSU's Broadband@Work Across America campaign will be
featured at OSP Expo 2009 in Minneapolis, September 2-3, booth
#508. JDSU will be exhibiting its leading broadband test and
measurement solutions and displaying the new campaign theme,
literature, special offers, giveaways and other supporting
materials. "With proper testing, rural telecommunications providers
can avoid facing technical issues in their broadband deployments
that cost time and money," said Dave Holly, president of JDSU's
Communications Test and Measurement business segment. "JDSU's
Broadband@Work Across America campaign offers information, training
and solutions to help providers deploy broadband services as
quickly as possible." JDSU has already created a Broadband@Work
Across America brochure that offers tips for handling some of the
technical issues providers face in deploying broadband services.
The first in a series of free Webinars, "Broadband Stimulus Funds -
What Technical Issues May Arise?" is scheduled for September 24,
2PM-3PM EDT. For more information and to stay updated on the
campaign, please visit: http://www.jdsu.com/broadbandatwork. About
JDSU JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) enables broadband and
optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer
markets. JDSU is the leading provider of communications test and
measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications
service providers, cable operators, and network equipment
manufacturers. JDSU is also a leading provider of innovative
optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation,
semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace
and defense, and decorative applications. More information is
available at http://www.jdsu.com/.
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