Telco Systems
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Telco Systems is a provider of multi-service Carrier Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet
Carrier Ethernet is a marketing term for extensions to Ethernet to enable telecommunications network providers to provide Ethernet services to customers and to utilize Ethernet technology in their networks....

 access and demarcation
Demarcation point
In telephony, the demarcation point is the point at which the public switched telephone network ends and connects with the customer's on-premises wiring. It is the dividing line which determines who is responsible for installation and maintenance of wiring and equipment -- customer/subscriber, or...

 products.

Founded in 1972 and based in Mansfield, Massachusetts
Mansfield, Massachusetts
Mansfield is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the town population is 23,184. Mansfield is in the south-southwest suburbs of Boston and is also close to Providence, Rhode Island....

, Telco Systems provides network edge solutions which enable service providers to migrate their services from a circuit-based
Circuit switching
Circuit switching is a methodology of implementing a telecommunications network in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel through the network before the nodes may communicate. The circuit guarantees the full bandwidth of the channel and remains connected for the...

 network to a more cost effective packet network. These solution
Solution
In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent. The solvent does the dissolving.- Types of solutions :...

s support voice, video and data traffic over the Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....

 edge network for both business and residential customers.

On April 2000 BATM Advanced Communications
BATM Advanced Communications
BATM Advanced Communications Ltd. is a technology company principally engaged in development, production and marketing of data and telecommunication products in the field of local and wide area networks, as well as the development, production and distribution of laboratory diagnostic equipment in...

 acquired Telco Systems for $260.8 million in cash and 960,000 shares of BATM stock.

On June 29, 2006 Telco Systems acquired Metrobility Optical Systems, an optical Ethernet equipment manufacturer based in New Hampshire, USA.

On February 2008, Telco Systems, acquired Charles Industries’ broadband multiplexer product line.

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