AMT, Inc., a leading CATV and broadband electronic equipment value-added reseller and DZS, a global leader in broadband connectivity platforms and communications software solutions, announced a strategic sourcing partnership. This relationship paves the way for communications service providers, MSOs and enterprise customers spanning North America, Caribbean and Latin America to proactively manage supply chain and ensure reliable and predictable sourcing across the full line of DZS leading-edge broadband connectivity solutions.
“With more than $100 billion of global government-sponsored broadband stimulus such as the recently signed $65 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, $20 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, France’s $24 billion PFTHD, Germany’s $14 billion BMVI and the United Kingdom’s $7 billion Gigabit continue to fuel momentum for communications service providers to accelerate their advanced fiber access and optical transport deployments aligned with unprecedented demand,” said Charlie Vogt, CEO, DZS. “Our partnership with AMT will empower our mutual customers in the fiber access and enterprise/passive optical LAN market segments. Our partnership with AMT will also expand the availability of DZS Xperience, our customer experience management and service delivery software-as-a-service solution designed for residential and business subscribers.”
Mr. Vogt was recently interviewed on the topic of government-sponsored broadband initiatives and supply chain by Bloomberg’s Alisa Parenti, Bloomberg Business Week’s Carol Massar and Yahoo! Finance’s Karina Mitchell. AMT will offer the full range of DZS Velocity edge core and DZS Helix intelligent home & business broadband connectivity solutions, including DZS FiberLAN enterprise solutions. AMT has a long history and the expertise to design and represent sophisticated smart home & business solutions. As part of this newly forged partnership, AMT will represent DZS newly announced in home & business Xperience software-as-a-service portfolio.
“We are excited to add DZS’s next generation XGS PON broadband connectivity, IP switching and Xhaul mobile transport solutions to AMT’s market-leading portfolio of broadband and video broadcast products for wired and enterprise networks,” said Ken Mosca, President and CEO, AMT.