According to Vertical Systems Group, fiber access deployment is currently limited to only 11.7% of buildings with more than 20 employees, the last mile continues to be an obstacle to the rollout of higher capacity services to most business sites. Reaching beyond the last mile, dominated by T1/E1 services limited to 1.544Mbps/2.048Mbps, with more cost effective, higher bandwidth services is a challenge for both Incumbent and Competitive Local Carriers. Hatteras Networks Ethernet Service EdgeTM solutions allow Carriers and Service Providers to significantly grow their service revenue by extending the Ethernet service edge beyond the availability of fiber.

Hatteras Networks Ethernet Edge solutions enable Carriers and Service Providers to offer their full Metro Ethernet service offering over existing copper facilities to address the 88% of business sites where fiber is not available. In addition to Mid-Band Ethernet, other key service applications include Mobile Wireless Backhaul, WiFi and WiMAX Backhaul and DSLAM Backhaul.