SUWANEE, Ga., June 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LIWEST Kabelmedien GmbH deployed the E6000™ Converged Edge Router (CER) from ARRIS Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRS), ensuring the service provider to deliver a 250 Mbps capacity high speed internet service to its customers and to ensure 1Gbps for future.

Today's consumers demand better access to more content on more devices than ever. The ARRIS E6000 CER is a solution based on the Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) specification that enables operators like LIWEST to address these challenges and transition to IP content delivery. The ARRIS E6000 CER platform is the industry's leading CCAP solution, providing service to millions of subscribers worldwide. LIWEST will utilize the E6000 CER in tandem with the ARRIS TG682 cable modem/gateway, which is already widely deployed to its subscriber base. 

"At LIWEST, we are committed to providing the ultimate broadband experiences to our subscribers," said Hubert Riedl, VP Products & Services at LIWEST. "The ARRIS E6000 CER offers new levels of density, capacity, and operational efficiency that enable us to expand our bandwidth and capacity and scale to a range of new advanced services that will delight our subscribers."

"The ARRIS E6000 CER empowers LIWEST to operate smarter networks that deliver the super-fast broadband speeds to attract and retain customers," said Steve McCaffery, Senior Vice President, EMEA & Asia Pacific, ARRIS. "The E6000 CER is a proven global solution that uses much less space and power than existing architectures, while delivering remarkable downstream and upstream capacity. Our work with LIWEST is a prime example of ARRIS's collaboration with customers around the world to usher in the next era of content delivery."

Powering Smarter Networks: The ARRIS E6000

The ARRIS E6000 CER delivers new levels of density and cost-effectiveness in a simple, robust integrated architecture that will enable converged services on broadband networks. The E6000 CER provides a high-availability, high-performance solution, and supports a fully redundant design.

About Liwest Kabelmedien GmbH

LIWEST offers up to 300 TV and radio channels in analogue, digital and HDTV standard in Upper Austria. The company also offers Austria's fastest private use Internet service with speeds of up to 250Mbit/s (except pilot plants) as well as fixed-line telephony service. For small businesses, LIWEST offers an innovative toolbox with an array of multimedia and business telecommunications services. LIWEST has 165 employees and was founded in 1978. The company is owned by regional Austrian energy providers. For more information, visit:  www.liwest.at

About ARRIS

ARRIS is a global innovator in IP, video and broadband technology. We have continually worked with our customers to transform the experience of entertainment and communications for millions of people across the world. The people of ARRIS are dedicated to the success of our customers, bringing a passion for invention that has fueled our 60-year history: We created digital TV, delivered the first wireless broadband gateway and are pioneering the standards and pathways for tomorrow's personalized, Ultra HD, multiscreen, and cloud services. We are dedicated to meeting today's challenges and preparing for the tasks the future holds. Collaborating with our customers, ARRIS will continue to solve the most pressing challenges of 21st century communications. Together, we are inventing the future. For more information: www.arrisi.com

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