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Verizon expands FiOS coverage in Florida
The wait is over for more than 3,000 households in south Hillsborough County as
Verizon announced Thursday (June 7) the availability of FiOS TV and the
company's popular FiOS triple-play bundles to several new developments in the
Ruskin area. The services are delivered over Verizon's all-fiber network,
directly to people's homes and businesses.
Previously, FiOS services were available to nearly 163,000 households in other
areas of Hillsborough County. This is the first expansion of FiOS service to the
Ruskin area and includes Mira Bay, Mira Lago, South Shore Falls, Harbor Isles,
Bahia Lakes, Bay Park and River Bend, among others.
"New developments in the Ruskin area over the past few years have driven our
initial fiber deployments in south Hillsborough County," said John Ferrell,
Verizon's senior vice president and general manager for the Southeast region.
"We are now bringing our full suite of FiOS services to these developments,
while we also are working to further expand our fiber footprint in other
established areas in Ruskin."
To date, Verizon has deployed 27 million feet of fiber in Hillsborough County
and more than 48 million feet of fiber in its Florida service territory. More
than 450,000 households in Hillsborough, Pasco, Sarasota, Manatee and northern
Pinellas counties can now order one or more of the FiOS services.
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LuminentOIC renews BPON triplexer transceiver supply agreement with Tellabs
LuminentOIC renewed its supply agreement with Tellabs for Broadband Passive
Optical Network (BPON) triplexer transceivers. Tellabs has been using
LuminentOIC's Triplexer transceivers in its Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) for
Fiber to the Premise deployments since 2004. The renewal extends the existing
share of BPON triplexer business commitment from Tellabs through the end of
2008.
"To remain competitive and meet customer demand, we must forge long-term
relationships with key suppliers," said John Brots, Tellabs executive vice
president for global operations. "LuminentOIC has been an innovative supplier
with demonstrated ability to provide us with critical components for
next-generation applications."
Near Margalit, Chief Executive Officer of LuminentOIC, stated, "We are pleased
to continue our long lasting relationship with Tellabs, a recognized industry
leader in triple-play PON deployments, and are committed to providing highly
reliable, complex technologies to mass volume deployments for current and
next-generation PON requirements."
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PMC-Sierra touts GEPON milestone
California-based PMC-Sierra Thursday announced that its Fiber to the Home (FTTH)
solution is now deployed in more than four million Gigabit EPON Optical Network
Units (ONUs). This significant industry milestone demonstrates that FTTH is now
the preferred technology for Gigabit/s access to the home and business. Gigabit
FTTH deployment is outpacing DSL broadband access in Japan (according to the
Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications), and in Korea, PMC-Sierra
and DASAN Networks recently announced a Korea Telecom contract for expected
deployment of 800,000 EPON ONUs this year in Seoul. In China, benchmark testing
is underway on equipment from three of China's largest equipment vendors based
on PMC-Sierra's Gigabit/s EPON silicon, led by China Telecom. In addition, PMC-Sierra
recently introduced a solution that meets the ITU-T G.984 specification for GPON
Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), targeted for the emerging GPON markets in
North America and Europe.
"As the first to reach high volume deliveries, PMC-Sierra is well positioned to
be a leader in emerging Gigabit EPON markets such as China, while it continues
to grow market share in Japanese and Korean deployments," said Jeff Heynen,
directing analyst, broadband and IPTV, at Infonetics. "Based on the deployments
to date and the benchmarking and field trials that are currently underway, it
seems likely that EPON will be the predominant Gigabit access technology in most
of the key Asia markets."
"This is an important benchmark for the FTTH industry as these high volume
deployments will drive economies of scale that will lower overall FTTH equipment
costs and cost of ownership," said Victor Vaisleib, general manager of the FTTH
Business Unit at PMC-Sierra. "And, PMC-Sierra is able to leverage the extensive
technology and product base we established from our leadership in the EPON
market to successfully enter the emerging GPON markets in Europe and North
America."
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Norwegian utility Hafslund picks PacketFront for FTTH
PacketFront, the pioneer in open-access FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home) broadband
networking, has signed a contract with Norway’s largest power utility company,
Hafslund, to build an open access FTTH network in Østlandet, the area in and
around Oslo. Hafslund is by far the largest power utility company in Norway and
this is considered one of this year’s most important contracts in the Norwegian
telecom sector.
"This is a prestigious order, and we are very pleased that Hafslund has chosen
to work with us," says Martin Thunman, CEO of PacketFront. "The fact that
Norway’s largest power utility company is establishing an open access network
sends a significant and very powerful signal to other network owners, and will
most likely have repercussions throughout Europe. We are the market leaders in
Europe today, and this contract makes our position even stronger."
Today, the strongest trend among network owners is to give end-users freedom of
choice. Open access networks are built and financed by the network owners, who
then grant various service providers access to the network. The network is thus
open to all service providers who wish to offer services through it, and does
not favor any of the competing parties. This is the situation that guarantees
households and end-users the best possible services and the more competitive
prices.
"We have been evaluating platforms and suppliers since last autumn, and we feel
confident with PacketFront in the access network, as they are on the cutting
edge in their segment," says Trond Nedregård, the director of Hafslund Telekom’s
fiber network division. "We have chosen the open network because our goal is to
be the acknowledged leader in networks, rather than compete in the areas of
television and multimedia. We believe that in the future it will be all the more
important to enable the customers to tailor their media choices, and PacketFront
provides us with that flexibility. We feel that this is the broadband network of
the future."
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Hitachi GPON product receives USDA-RUS acceptance
Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. Thursday announced that the company's AMN1220 GPON
product has been accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) for deployment under the Rural Development Broadband
Loan and Loan Guarantee Program. The acceptance was effective on May 15,
2007.The Hitachi GPON system will be listed in the "ae - Access Equipment"
category, FTTH Systems. Acceptance for the RUS program requires that the product
is standards-compliant (ITU G.984.1 - 4 for GPON), has been deployed in a
"revenue-generating service environment" with at least six months of operating
experience, and is recommended by current customers.
RUS acceptance means that communities of up to 20,000 inhabitants can now
install Hitachi's AMN1220 GPON Fiber to the Premises solution using funding
obtained under the USDA Rural Development funding programs. GPON offers the
bandwidth to support - over a single fiber optic cable - multiple simultaneous
HDTV channels, high-speed Internet access, and voice services.
According to Rick Schiavinato, Hitachi Telecom vice president of sales and
marketing, "Hitachi's acceptance was based on our track record of successful
commercial deployments dating back to June 2006. Our AMN1220 GPON product was
the first ITU standards-compliant, full-rate GPON solution to be deployed in
commercial service in North America. And as the first GPON product to achieve
RUS acceptance, we are now the only vendor that can offer smaller communities -
under the RUS programs - a proven GPON fiber to the premises solution that can
future-proof the communities' broadband infrastructure. These communities can
now enjoy a bandwidth advantage over even large metro areas today, helping the
communities to attract and retain industries and generate commerce."
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FTTH port shipments in 1Q07 declined 5% after a big jump in 4Q06
According to DITTBERNER’s “Broadband Shipment Analysis”, global FTTH port
shipments in 1Q07 declined 5% QoQ after a big jump in 4Q06. At 1.1 million
ports, it was the second best quarter ever and was up 13% YoY. The decline,
after the jump in 4Q06, was due to the change in the mixture of detached homes
and apartments in the dominant Japanese market. It is expected that this
changing mixture will continue to cause some lumpiness in the FTTH shipments for
the foreseeable future, although the general trend remains upwards.
The FTTH market is still dominated by Japan and that market is increasingly
dominated by NTT. With 4.5 Million FTTH subscribers NTT has about 5 times the
subscribers of Verizon, the next largest FTTH service provider and approximately
ten times its nearest domestic competitor.
The top four suppliers were Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Hitachi and Tellabs with 33%,
21%, 14% and 11% market share, respectively. Siemens moved into the fifth place
spot with 9% market share due to Siemens’ success in the Korean market. FTTH was
launched in Korea in the first quarter and DITTBERNER estimates a million ports
should be shipped into this market in 2007.
GEPON is still the dominant technology and this trend will not change in the
next two years. However, BPON will decline quickly in the latter half of this
year, especially when Verizon switches to GPON. With GPON being the chosen
technology for North America and Western Europe shipments are predicted to be
approaching 300,000 a quarter in 12 months.
With Japan growing at a rate of 3 Million subscribers a year and Verizon and
Korea likely to add 1 Million and 800,000 subscribers, respectively, in 2007,
DITTBERNER estimates the FTTH market will be 6.8 Million FTTH ports. Feeling
threatened by FTTH, cable operators are expected to quickly introduce DOCSIS
3.0, which will cause telephone companies to start deploying fiber even faster.
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UTStarcom wins GEPON deal in India
UTStarcom, a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and
services, Tuesday announced a contract with United Telecom Limited to deploy its
Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) fiber access solution to serve
as the foundation for the new Statewide Area Network (SWAN) in the state of Goa
in India. A pioneer in the development and management of eGovernance and
next-generation network infrastructure solutions, United Telecoms Ltd is the
first company to deploy GEPON technology to deliver e-Governance and triple play
services to the citizens of Goa.
"Bridging the digital divide is a global challenge many countries face as the
availability of broadband services expand beyond metropolitan cities into remote
regions of the world," said David King, senior vice president of international
sales and marketing at UTStarcom, Inc. "This contract represents our first GEPON
contract win in India and is further proof of UTStarcom's dominant position as
the leading provider of innovative broadband technologies to the Indian market."
UTStarcom's FTTx solution will be used to provide high-speed fiber connectivity
across all state government offices in Goa for running e-Governance
applications. The network will be capable of delivering up to one
gigabit-per-second bandwidth to each office and is expected to be extended in
the near future to cover the sub-districts and villages to enable the Goa state
government to provide better services to its citizens.
"The cooperation with UTStarcom ideally complements our portfolio and helps us
provide innovative solutions that fit the unique requirements in India," said
Dr. Rajmohan Rao, managing director at United Telecom Limited. "UTStarcom's
fiber solution will enable us to deliver high-speed access to our subscribers
over which we intend to offer a slew of services including e- Governance
applications, broadcast-quality IPTV and on-demand entertainment services, tele-medicine,
distance learning and e-commerce."
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Wave7 Optics wins FTTP deal
South Sioux City, Neb., customers of Long Lines, an Independent Operating
Company serving more than 100 communities in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota,
will soon see new communications products and services, thanks to a new fiber
optic network supplied by Wave7 Optics Inc. and EMBARQ Logistics.
Long Lines recently signed an agreement with the two companies for a new
Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) network in South Sioux City. Wave7 Optics is a
leading supplier of standards-based FTTP equipment for residential and business
services. EMBARQ Logistics is the deployment, distribution, and logistics
division of Embarq Corporation and serves a vast customer base of
telecommunications service providers.
EMBARQ Logistics is managing the project, which features Wave7 Optics’ Trident7™
Optical Access Platform. Last year the companies announced a distribution
agreement that will help meet the growing demand from independent service
providers, such as Long Lines, to deploy FTTP networks.
Services include a complete triple play of voice, data and RF video, including
Wave7 Optics patented RF return. Demonstrating Wave7 Optics’ interoperability
with leading systems providers, the complete Long Lines solution includes RF
video headend equipment and set top boxes from Scientific-Atlanta, a voice
switching solution from Nortel, and an IP digital terminal (IPDT) from General
Bandwidth.
"This marks our first foray into FTTP, in which we have become increasingly
interested over the last several months to improve our service bundles and
increase available bandwidth to end users," said Paul Bergmann, COO of Long
Lines. "Long Lines' business plan is focused on building the communication
infrastructure needed to attract economic development. The investments we are
making in the Siouxland area, such as that with Wave7 Optics, will pay dividends
for our communities and subscribers for years to come."
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HP wins OSS deal for FTTH in Denmark
HP Tuesday announced that it has teamed with Cisco and MidtVest Bredbaand (MVB),
a Denmark-based broadband provider, to build a high-speed, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)
network for the delivery of advanced services such as video on demand (VOD) and
interactive TV to homes and businesses.
Using the new network, MVB’s Content Denmark subsidiary will deliver to more
than 200,000 customers the so-called “triple play” of Internet protocol
(IP)-based services: Internet, digital TV and voice. Content Denmark customers
can, for example, use their TV sets to surf the web and do email, access
telephone voice mails, enjoy interactive TV and download movies or other video
on demand.
Stretching the definition of “triple play” into “multiple play,” MVB plans to
add other services in the future, including high-definition TV programming,
storage on demand, and remote back-up and restoration of data.
HP worked closely with Cisco, MVB, and Content Denmark, to build the network,
implement HP operations support systems (OSS) management software, train the
Content Denmark staff, and provide ongoing mission-critical support services for
network operation.
“With the Cisco fiber-to-the-home network, MVB has laid the foundation for a
truly exciting customer experience,” said Lars Peter Christiansen, operation
manager, MidtVest Bredbaand, A/S. “The HP OSS tools help us improve that
customer experience by automating many of the complexities of network and
service management. At the same time, they help us reduce the internal costs
associated with operating complex, converged services.”
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Verizon expands FiOS TV service to Upper Marlboro
Nearly 9,700 additional Prince George's County consumers now can drop their
cable provider for good, as Verizon expands its industry-leading FiOS TV service
to portions of Upper Marlboro.
Since Verizon began offering FiOS TV in Prince George's County in January, the
company has brought cable choice to more than 87,000 households - approaching
one-third of the county's total households. FiOS TV is delivered over the
nation's most advanced all-fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes.
"Customers' response to FiOS TV has been astounding since we began offering the
service in Prince George's County just three months ago," said William R.
Roberts, president of Verizon Maryland. "Every day, more Marylanders are
choosing Verizon and saying goodbye to their cable company. New customers tell
us they love the service, and now more Prince George's County residents can join
the all-fiber FiOS revolution."
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Verizon FiOS TV expands in NY
Residents of this Rockland County community are a major step closer to having a
real choice for their cable television services, thanks to a newly approved
agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the
most advanced fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes.
The Haverstraw Town Board granted a video franchise to Verizon Monday night (May
14), paving the way for video choice in the community. The Board's vote brings
to 36 the total number of New York communities that have approved video
franchises for Verizon.
The Haverstraw franchise covers the town's unincorporated hamlets of Camp Hill,
Felters Corners, Garnerville, Mount Ivy, Samsondale, Theills and Willow Grove.
Each incorporated area of Haverstraw, as well as all other incorporated areas of
New York, must conduct its own negotiations with Verizon for a video franchise.
"We are thrilled to be able to bring FiOS TV to residents in Haverstraw," said
Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president for New York and Connecticut. "As a
result of this franchise, consumers in this Rockland County community will be
able to choose their cable provider as easily as they choose their phone
company. Competition like this drives innovation and value, and puts the
consumer in control."
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China to do $4.3B high-tech shopping in US, including 27 contracts in
California
A delegation of Chinese business leaders committed to buying $4.3 billion in US
technology, hoping to soften a political backlash to the massive trade imbalance
dividing two of the world's economic powers.
The agreements were trumpeted at a ceremony, two weeks before the scheduled
start of government talks in Washington where leaders will try to tackle the US'
$232 billion trade deficit with China and other prickly issues.
California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi hailed 27 contracts as an "important step in
furthering the deep relationship between this state, this country and China."
To underscore China's resolve to explore more US investments, executives from
more than 200 Chinese companies are meeting with their US counterparts in 24
cities scattered across 23 states, said Ma Xiuhong, vice minister of China's
Ministry of Commerce.
In its first stop, just north of Silicon Valley's high-tech heartland, the
Chinese coalition primarily sealed deals with computer software, semiconductor
and telecommunications companies.
The US beneficiaries included high-tech bellwethers Microsoft, Oracle, Cisco, HP
and other companies.
Already boasting the world's largest population, China has become an
increasingly attractive market for makers of high-tech gear as the country's
rapid economic growth feeds the demand for more powerful computers and more
sophisticated mobile phones, advanced photonics components and chips for FTTP
and IPTV, and new software for OSS/BSS and network security.
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JDSU's Michael Ricci to join Ikanos as CEO
Ikanos Communications, Inc., a leading developer and provider of Fiber Fast(TM)
broadband solutions, announced that Michael A. Ricci will join Ikanos as its
president and chief executive officer on June 4, 2007.
Ricci will succeed Daniel K. Atler, who has served as interim chief executive
officer since October 2006 and was previously Ikanos' chief financial officer.
Atler will continue as an officer of Ikanos and will be responsible for driving
corporate development strategy. Cory Sindelar, who took on chief financial
officer responsibilities in October 2006, will continue as the Company's chief
financial officer.
Ricci brings over 28 years of semiconductor and communications industry
experience. Ricci comes to Ikanos from JDS Uniphase Corporation, where he was a
senior vice president and general manager of the Optical Communications Group.
Previously, Ricci served as a vice president and general manager at Intel
Corporation's Communications Group. During his five year tenure there, he led
the Business Development Group, the Optical Products Group and the Telecom
Products Division. Prior to Intel, Ricci served in executive management roles at
Level One Communications and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Ricci holds a
bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
"After a thorough selection process, I am pleased to announce that Ikanos' Board
of Directors has appointed Michael A. Ricci as the company's next president and
chief executive officer," said G. Venkatesh, chairman of the board of directors
for Ikanos. "Michael's extensive industry experience and track record of growing
revenues and profits are great assets which we believe will help drive Ikanos'
future growth. On behalf of Ikanos' board of directors, I wish to thank Dan for
his leadership and look forward to his continued contributions."
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Swisscom speeds up its VDSL to 16 Mbit/s
From 1 July 2007, Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale will offer its first broadband
services for residential and business customers with data transmission speeds of
up to 16,000 kbps (downstream), allowing customers access to the most up-to-date
and fastest broadband technology around: VDSL. Swisscom is investing heavily in
optical and broadband expansion in the interests of the Swiss information
society: By the end of 2007 Swisscom plans to offer some 50 percent of Swiss
households access to ultra-high-speed data connections.
From the middle of this year, Swisscom will offer residential and business
customers an ultra-high-speed broadband service based on bit-stream data speeds
of up to 16,000 kbps on its VDSL (Very High Bit Rate Digital Subscriber Line)
network:
- Customer segment Profile (downstream/upstream)
- Residential Max. 15,000/1,000 kbps
- Business Max. 12,000/2,000 kbps
- Max. 16,000/4,000 kbps
Swisscom is introducing this service as a supplement to its commercial broadband
access services. At present the company provides more than 98% of Swiss
households with broadband Internet access over the nation-wide ADSL network.
Swisscom also offers resellers comprehensive, commercially attractive broadband
services. Since the Telecommunications Act came into force on 1 April 2007,
alternative telecommunication service providers can also lease copper cables
from Swisscom and use them to deliver their own broadband services.
Swisscom is investing heavily in network expansion -
fibre-to-the-neighbourhood
As Switzerland's leading network operator, Swisscom is driving the information
society forward: the company deploys optical fibre to the neighbourhood, where a
distribution cabinet forwards data to households over copper cables. In addition
to optical fibre expansion, Swisscom is also installing some 5,800 distribution
cabinets. Up to the end of 2008 Swisscom is aiming to invest CHF 600 - 700
million in expanding the VDSL network. By the end of 2007 the company plans to
make this high-speed infrastructure accessible to some 50 percent of Swiss
households.
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China Telecom picks Fiberhome's FTTH system using Teknovus' EPON chipsets
California-based Teknovus, the leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet Optical
Network (G-EPON) chips for the deployment of triple-play services in FTTH (Fiber
To The Home) and FTTB (Fiber To the Business) broadband access networks
announced that Fiberhome's FTTH system is being used as a benchmark for testing
and deployment by China Telecom. Fiberhome is a leading provider of FTTH
solutions throughout China and has designed their winning solution based on
Teknovus' chipsets.
Fiberhome is one of Teknovus' leading customers in China. China Telecom's
selection of the Fiberhome FTTH system requires other vendors participating in
the testing to benchmark their systems against Fiberhome's superb performance
results. Fiberhome's FTTH system, based on Teknovus' IPTV-enabled triple-play
architecture, ensures QoS (Quality of Service) per application per user.
Teknovus' ONU (Optical Network Unit - the Customer Premises Equipment) requires
around 2 Watts of power, providing the lowest-energy usage of any available
solution. For China Telecom, power savings is crucial as the country deploys
fiber-based broadband communications nationwide.
"Fiberhome is our first EPON vendor in China to have secured major deployments
throughout the country,"stated Greg Caltabiano, President & CEO of Teknovus. "We
are delighted that China Telecom chose Fiberhome as a benchmark for system
vendors in this test process. Fiberhome has deployed their solutions in every
province in China. We are experiencing fast acceleration in our customer
deployments throughout Asia."
China publicly announced their intention to go with EPON for FTTH networks. "We
believe PON will be so important that FTTH will stand for 'Fiber Takes over the
Home',"said Chungcheng Fan, Vice Director, China Institute of Communications,
speaking at OFC in March. "EPON will be the winner," he continued.
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Conexant delivers SoCs for GPON/GE-PON gateways
California-based Conexant Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in semiconductor
solutions for broadband communications and the digital home, Monday delivered
the world's first family of system-on-chips (SoCs) for gigabit and gigabit
Ethernet passive optical network (GPON/GE-PON) residential gateway applications.
The CX95202 "Xenon-IIIG" GPON and the CX95203 "Xenon-IIIE" GE-PON devices are
targeted at optical network units (ONUs) that are used on the client-side of
fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. The high-performance devices have a
processing capacity of more than 10 gigabits per second (Gb/s). PON technology
provides operators with additional bandwidth capacity, enabling them to
cost-effectively deliver triple-play voice, video, and data services over a
fiber optic cable. PON is also used to provide a high-speed "last mile"
connection from a central office (CO) to homes and businesses.
"Operators worldwide are planning to use PON technology for next-generation
network upgrades to improve their ability to deliver bandwidth-intensive
services such as video-on-demand and IPTV," said Akram Atallah, senior vice
president and general manager of Conexant's Broadband Access business. "With the
launch of our new 'world's first single-chip' PON residential gateway solutions,
we now offer our customers a comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading
solutions that deliver the performance required for both advanced DSL and
next-generation fiber optic networks."
"Carriers are moving as quickly as they can to establish robust networks that
have the speed and capacity required for triple-play service deployments," said
Aileen Arcilla, senior research analyst for market research firm IDC. "PON is
becoming a viable broadband access technology to be implemented in residential
gateways, which are critical to driving mass subscriber growth."
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Motorola announces Cable PON for GPON FTTP
Motorola, Inc. extends its track record of Ultra-Broadband innovation with the
announcement of Cable PON, a technology approach that delivers Passive Optical
Network (PON) solutions customized to accommodate existing cable
infrastructures. Cable PON, a uniquely cable-driven technology, delivers the
business benefits of combined Hybrid-Fiber-Coaxial (HFC) and PON network
architectures.
The advantages cable operators gain by laying new fiber is often hampered by the
inability to leverage existing HFC node presence or offer transparent delivery
of their current service set. Motorola's Cable PON now gives these operators the
ability to extend service via PON while setting the stage for seamless evolution
to Motorola's proven GPON enabled fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) platform while
still utilizing cable resources already in place. By emulating a traditional
coaxial network, Cable PON allows cable providers to deliver deep-fiber services
that simply plug directly into their existing cable infrastructures and
back-office operations. In other words, cable providers can continue to use
set-top and DOCSIS equipment located in homes and headends over PON while adding
new FTTP connections in proximate green-field locations supporting
Ultra-Broadband service delivery into residential and commercial subscriber
communities.
"Hybrid networks are not new to the cable industry, but this cable-operated
fiber approach is unique in both its cost-effective nature and its ability to
create a migration path to future GPON FTTP deployments," said Kevin Keefe, vice
president of marketing and business development, Motorola Connected Home
Solutions. "Motorola's Cable PON helps enable operators to enjoy the benefits of
select FTTP build-outs today, including increased reliability and reduced
maintenance costs, while offering consumers a seamless experience no matter what
type of network reaches their front doors."
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TXP launches mini-size GPON ONTs
Richardson, Texas-based TXP Corporation, an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)
of ITU standard GPON Optical Network Terminals (ONTs), announced the launch of a
new 7200G family of mini-size, Power over Ethernet based GPON ONTs to telecom
service providers worldwide.
The mini size and ease of installation of these new ONTs makes them well-suited
for operators deploying FTTP in multi dwelling and single living units that are
limited in space. The new models can be mounted indoors and require no tools to
install. Their mini size makes them less intrusive since they are only one
quarter the size of current generation GPON ONTs. This compact packaging,
coupled with the benefits of remote powering with Power over Ethernet,
translates into lower cost and ease of installation for service providers.
Today's announcement adds to TXP's industry-leading iPhotonics® family of fully
interoperable, ITU standards compliant GPON ONTs which are currently being
deployed and are in GPON trials worldwide.
The 7200G ONTs provide operators an extremely cost effective solution to deliver
up to 1000Mb/s of bandwidth to end users in a compact and simple to install
package. The new line of ONTs initially provide a single Gigabit Ethernet port
that supports Triple-Play IP-based services, including high-speed Internet,
Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
Multiple-port ONT models will be brought to the market over the next few months.
"Our new mini-size ONTs add to our growing family of ONT products for single
family homes, multi-family dwellings, and businesses, for both indoor and
outdoor installations," commented Michael C. Shores, President and CEO of TXP
Corporation. "We believe the addition of the 7200G line of ONTs strengthens the
full range of capabilities that we offer and is perfectly timed with the
accelerating worldwide roll-out of new 'fiber-to-home' infrastructures needed to
deliver 'triple-play' services."
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Zhone integrates WDM, Gigabit Ethernet, and TDM
California-based Zhone Technologies, Inc., a global provider of advanced
communications equipment and a leader in VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet services over
copper or fiber access lines, Monday announced FiberSLAMTM the industry’s first
hybrid access system to integrate Coarse/Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (C/DWDM)
Gigabit-Ethernet (GbE) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) into a single
carrier grade, 1RU environmentally hardened platform. Uniquely suited for
carrier Remote Terminal (RT) and cell tower installations, FiberSLAM brings
ultra high-speed optics closer to the subscriber premise. Fiber optimization of
the access network enables carriers to meet immense capacity demands for mobile
and enterprise services while driving down costs of delivering Quality of
Service (QoS) sensitive media and other FTTx services.
Designed specifically for today’s hybrid network infrastructures, FiberSLAM is
based on Zhone’s Single Line Multi-Service (SLMS) architecture, ensuring service
providers a practical and seamless migration from TDM (E1/T1 and DS3) to
all-Ethernet (GbE) networks. Since WDM supports dedicated channel delivery, it
serves as an ideal convergence medium, ensuring security, QoS and scaleable
bandwidth capacity on an invest-as-you-grow basis.
"Zhone’s express focus is global access and helping service providers
practically deliver premium media services over today’s hybrid networks," said
Chris Garcia, head of optical networking gear for Zhone. "We designed FiberSLAM
with clear knowledge that the access network needs a major influx of high
quality bandwidth in order to realize the true potential of packet media. Fiber
is still unmatched for QoS and WDM is the ideal convergence medium to guarantee
capacity for FTTx, mobile Ethernet and the next generation of media services."
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FTTH Council Europe appoints Joeri Van Bogaert as President
Following the FTTH Council Europe’s Annual General Assembly held in Brussels
last week, members are pleased to announce Joeri Van Bogaert as newly elected
President of the board. The Council is also calling upon the industry to meet an
ambitious target of "a 10 fold increase of new connections over the next 3-5
years."
Joeri Van Bogaert, comments, “ With FTTH deployment now recognised as ‘the
choice’ for real broadband access within Europe, and as major implementations of
the technology begin to approach, the Council has decided to shift to the next
gear, in order to ensure that the decision makers across Europe choose FTTH as
their access technology.”
The FTTH environment has significantly changed since the FTTH Council’s
conception three years ago and influenced by the significant increase in the
dynamics behind the European market, the Council has announced its
organisational restructure. The new committee structure, agreed at the General
Assembly is as follows:
- Deployment & Operation: Researching infrastructure and architecture issues
within an economical dimension. Including active and passive technology, energy
consumption, environmental topics, rights of way and maintenance.
- Network and Service Revenues: Focusing on all topics surrounding end-user
offerings such as services, contents, ARPU, end-user expectations, and
customer-support.
- Market Intelligence: Expanding the existing market development focus to
include economical and macro-economic information and private funding topics for
investors and deployers.
- Public Policy & Regulation: Positioning Council proposals toward the European
Commission, addressing policy makers to convince them that FTTH is necessary for
a competitive Europe.
- Communications Committee: External and internal communications of the Council.
- Editorial Board: Overarching messaging, positioning and content development.
In addition there will be several ad-hoc working groups, such as the already
established FTTH sustainable development group.
The full list of members of the board is as follows:
President of the Board: Joeri Van Bogaert, Leoni NBG Fiber Optics
Treasurer: Jan De Groot, OFS
Board of Directors:
Jean-Pierre Lartigue, Alcatel-Lucent
Wolfgang Fischer, Cisco
Tadhg Leonard, Corning
Christian Emborg, DKT
Tibor van Melsem Kocsis, Emtelle
Mats Hansson, Ericsson
Jean-Pierre Coudreuse, Mitsubishi Electric
In addition, the FTTH Council Europe has extended a public call for candidates
for the position of a full-time Director General. The position is designed to
develop continuity in the work of the FTTH Council as it moves forward into what
is perhaps the most crucial time for European FTTH.
Former President, Hartwig Tauber, comments, "It was a pleasure for me to work
with the FTTH Council Europe in the past two and a half years. I want to thank
all members for their support and a special thank you to the board members and
committee chairs for the good cooperation. With the changes decided at the
general assembly the Council is ready for the challenges of the future."
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TelStrat touts orders for its GPON ONTs
Plano, Texas-based TelStrat, the industry leading, innovative developer of
"first-to-market, best-to-market" access network solutions, announced that
orders for its modular Inteleflex 2.4 GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network)
ONTs (Optical Network Terminals) reached nearly 10,000 units during just the
first quarter of the product's general availability. This already gives TelStrat
North America's largest footprint for 2.4 GPON FTTH (Fiber to the Home) from a
full-featured BLC (Broadband Loop Carrier) platform. Deliveries began in earnest
in late December of last year, with the company accelerating shipments to keep
pace with increasing customer demand.
Numerous IOC (Independent Operating Company) service providers are already
welcoming the switch to Inteleflex 2.4 GPON, including Alma Communications,
Rockwell Cooperative Telephone Association, Highland Telephone Cooperative,
Great Plains Communications and several others.
Andy Heins, general manager for Missouri-based Alma Communications Company
praised the change, saying, "TelStrat's Inteleflex allowed us to easily
transition from our old copper infrastructure to fiber and provides us with the
most advanced PON technology available today."
Highland's engineering manager, Jake Diden said of his Tennessee-based company's
in-progress Inteleflex FTTH deployment, "We're already planning to offer higher
data speeds and HDTV services. We don't know right now what we'll encounter as
far as future demands, but we think this move to 2.4 GPON positions us to be
ready for just about any need our customers might have."
Long time TelStrat customer Jim Weston, Great Plains Communications' Manager of
Central Office Engineering, echoes the positive comments about Inteleflex and
his new 2.4 GPON deployment. He's looking forward to reducing normal mid-west
copper-related problems such as lightning, along with the tremendous service
delivery capabilities this will bring to some of the most remote reaches of
their 14,000 square mile Nebraska customer service area. "Inteleflex's road map
has allowed Great Plains Communications to leverage our access network in a
timely manner - all the way from POTS to ADSL and video, to meet our customer's
service needs of today and tomorrow," he said.
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KDDI R&D Labs tests Novera Optics' λ-PON DWDM
California-based Novera Optics announced that KDDI R&D Laboratories has
concluded lab trial testing on Novera's λ-PON™ (Lambda-PON) dense wavelength
division multiplexing (DWDM) technology to conduct a feasibility study for use
in next-generation transport services as both parties start to develop advanced
next-generation products. KDDI R&D Laboratories is a subsidiary of KDDI
Corporation, a leading Japanese service provider offering both mobile and fixed
communications services. KDDI enables next-generation services such as IP
networks, mobile communications, ubiquitous broadband, network security, and
seamless multimedia applications.
Over a three-month period of laboratory testing, KDDI R&D Laboratories has
recorded positive results for Novera's DWDM technology for providing future
services. KDDI R&D Laboratories also will begin a study of new products for
broadband services with WDM-PON technologies.
"Novera's DWDM technology tested very positively in our lab trials," said Dr.
Yukio Horiuchi, senior manager of the Optical Access Network Laboratory in KDDI
R&D Laboratories. "With the testing completed, we are now starting to discuss
potential next-generation products and applications, and we are excited about
the possibilities of working with Novera Optics."
With an extensive research and development organization, KDDI addresses a wide
range of next-generation communication technologies, including IP applications,
accelerated mobile communication services, and third- and fourth-generation
networks.
"A company in the optical networking industry has many potential partners with
whom to engage in service trials, so we feel fortunate in having chosen KDDI,
whose track record of innovation and technical rigor is second to none," said
Bernd Hesse, vice president of marketing and business development at Novera
Optics. "It is a great honor to have our DWDM-PON technology validated by this
industry leader and have an opportunity to study more advanced products and
applications with KDDI R&D Laboratories. We are thrilled with the results."
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Verizon adds FiOS TV to Oregon
On Feb. 8, the MACC (Metropolitan Area Communications Commission) Board of
Commissioners recommended the approval of a video franchise agreement reached
with Verizon for 10 municipalities and Washington County. Today (Wednesday),
Washington County formally approved the MACC recommendation, following earlier
approvals by the 10 municipalities.
Verizon, connecting the nation's largest fiber-optic network directly to
customers' homes, is building its all-fiber-optic network in most of the
wireline telephone areas it serves in the Portland metro area. The 100 percent
fiber-optic network is the technological platform from which customers receive
Verizon's crystal-clear FiOS TV, ultra-fast FiOS Internet service and reliable
FiOS phone service.
The following statement should be attributed to Verizon Northwest Region Senior
Vice President David S. Valdez:
"Today's approval by Washington County of the MACC's video franchise agreement
with Verizon means consumer choice in cable TV is on the way for more than
156,000 Washington County households early next year.
"Verizon, which continues to build out its all-fiber-optic network in Washington
County, already offers ultra-fast FiOS Internet and reliable FiOS phone service.
This agreement now sets the stage for us to offer our competitive cable service,
FiOS TV.
"Customer acceptance of Verizon's FiOS services continues to grow at a record
pace because we have established best-in-class standards for TV picture quality,
programming choice, broadband speeds and customer service."
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Verizon adds FiOS TV to more NY communities
Residents of the Westchester County city of White Plains and the Rockland County
village of Airmont are a major step closer to having a real choice for their
cable television services, thanks to newly approved agreements authorizing
Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service, delivered over the most advanced
fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes. The White Plains Common
Council and the Airmont Board of Trustees voted Monday night (April 16) to
approve video franchises for Verizon.
"This is great news for the residents of White Plains and Airmont, who now will
have a new choice for their video entertainment," said Monica Azare, Verizon
senior vice president for New York and Connecticut. "Verizon's FiOS TV offers
consumers something they've never had before, with incredible pictures and sound
clarity and innovative new services - all from a brand they know and trust."
White Plains and Airmont join a growing list of New York communities that are
paving the way for competition and choice in the television market. In addition
to these two communities, Verizon has been granted video franchises by the
Westchester County communities of Irvington, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown,
Eastchester, Mount Kisco, Elmsford, Port Chester, Tuckahoe and the Town of
Greenburgh; and by the Rockland County communities of Piermont, Orangetown,
Clarkstown, Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack and Grandview-on- Hudson. Verizon
also has video franchises on Long Island in the villages of Massapequa Park,
Cedarhurst, Laurel Hollow, Lynbrook, Mineola, East Rockaway, Farmingdale, Valley
Stream and Freeport, and in the towns of Huntington, Smithtown, Hempstead and
Oyster Bay.
As with all local franchise approvals in New York, the agreements approved for
Verizon by White Plains and Airmont are subject to review by the New York State
Public Service Commission.
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Verizon intros FiOS TV in Canton
Beginning today (Tuesday), consumers in Canton have more choice in cable TV
providers now that Verizon has introduced FiOS TV, making a broad range of
programming choices and superior picture quality available to some 6,000
households.
Canton is among 41 Massachusetts communities where the company's new television
service is being offered - the only TV service delivered over the nation's most
advanced all-fiber network directly connecting to millions of individual homes
and businesses. FiOS TV is now available to consumers in more than 270,000
Massachusetts households.
Verizon is currently negotiating with some 25 other communities in Massachusetts
to obtain additional franchises. For more information on the Verizon franchise
process in the state, visit http://www.verizon.com/ma.
"FiOS TV gives Canton consumers an outstanding, superior alternative for their
video entertainment," said Donna Cupelo, Verizon region president for
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. "Canton customers who liked what FiOS did for
their Internet connection will love what it does for their TV. We've harnessed
the speed and capacity of fiber-based broadband with the power of broadcast to
create a revolutionary, new entertainment experience."
Massachusetts residents who are FiOS TV-eligible now have the option to trim
their monthly bills by bundling FiOS TV service, FiOS Internet Service and the
Verizon Freedom Value unlimited calling plan, all for $117.97 a month.
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Motorola, ECI partner on FTTP, IP DSLAM and IPTV
Motorola, Inc. and ECI Telecom announced a new strategic relationship pairing
ECI's formidable IP DSLAM portfolio with Motorola's innovative and
market-leading Fiber-to-the-Node (FTTN) and Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP)
solutions. With increasing consumer demand for higher-speed broadband driven by
the explosive growth in bandwidth-intensive content and peer-to-peer (P2P)
applications, carriers are recognizing the need for Ultra-Broadband access
network solutions.
This multi-year agreement provides Motorola access to ECI's complete portfolio
of proven, carrier class access infrastructure products including Outside Plant
(OSP) and Central Office (CO) IP DSLAM solutions. Designed to maximize bandwidth
potential and help increase service delivery efficiency, the IP DSLAM is
supported by a premier IP/Ethernet switching fabric and deep Quality-of-Service
(QoS) assurance capabilities.
"Motorola couldn't have chosen a better technology ally than ECI for extending
its Ultra-Broadband access portfolio," said Erik Keith, Senior Analyst for
Broadband Infrastructure at Current Analysis. "ECI's award-winning solutions
deliver a rich array of access network and QoS features such as integrated data,
video and voice that clearly position the company as a leading IP DSLAM
provider." Current Analysis has recently ranked ECI's leading IP platform as the
top CO DSLAM in the market.
"ECI's technology and ability to capture market share at such a rapid rate makes
it a compelling player in both the Ultra-Broadband Access and IPTV markets,"
said Kevin Keefe, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Motorola
Connected Home Solutions. "This relationship extends our portfolio of
video-optimized FTTN and FTTP solutions and rounds out Motorola's global
strategy to help enable service delivery over any carrier and cable access
network architecture."
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EPON and GPON sales are growing rapidly
Worldwide passive optical network (PON) equipment sales sequentially grew 12% in
the fourth quarter and 71% in 2006, reaching $308 million and $965 million,
respectively, says Infonetics Research in its latest "PON and FTTH Equipment and
Subscribers" report.
BPON equipment sales are tanking while EPON and GPON sales are growing rapidly,
with GPON equipment revenue and ports forecast to grow at triple-digit 5-year
compound annual growth rates between 2006 and 2010. Healthy EPON and GPON sales
will continue fueling growth in the overall PON market, which is forecast to
reach nearly $2.4 billion in 2010.
"Service providers of all shapes and sizes are pushing fiber deeper into their
access networks to support the demand for video, online gaming, P2P networking,
and other bandwidth-intensive applications. GPON and EPON for both FTTH and FTTB
applications continue to increase, as does Ethernet FTTH, which has become the
preferred technology for smaller, North American operators, as well as for
cities, municipalities, and a growing number of competitive operators in EMEA,"
said Jeff Heynen, analyst at Infonetics Research.
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Nordic service provider picks Axiom for FTTx and DSL provisioning
London-based Axiom Systems, the leading provider of Service Fulfillment and
Service Assembly solutions for telecommunications, and TietoEnator, a
market-leading systems integrator, announced their selection by the Nordic
regions largest service provider for DSL and FTTx provisioning in Sweden.
The long term customer of Axiom Systems selected AXIOSS® to replace its legacy
provisioning systems for DSL and FTTx, whilst also calling on the expertise of
Scandinavian-based integrator TietoEnator. By providing a fully automated
end-to-end service fulfillment solution, AXIOSS will speed up time to market for
new services and reduce the total cost of ownership of the provisioning system.
Minesh Patel, VP of Operations at Axiom Systems said, "AXIOSS continues to
strike a chord with major operators because it directly addresses the need to
rollout complex services as well as reduce OPEX. We are delighted to once again
successfully extend an existing customer relationship through our market leading
service fulfilment solution and we are excited at the prospect of working with
that we will have the opportunity to TietoEnator on this project."
"The combination of Axiom Systems technology and TietoEnator's OSS expertise,
overlaid with both companies strong track record in telecommunications
innovation, delivers a compelling partnership," said Timo Cavén, Vice President
TietoEnator Telecom & Media. "TietoEnator is committed to helping large service
providers, such as this, make the most of the new opportunities presented by
today’s rapidly evolving telecommunications markets."
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Corning Cable Systems provides FTTH solution for Lake Las Vegas deployment
Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated’s Telecommunications
segment, is providing its Evolant® Advantage Optical Solution for the Lake Las
Vegas fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment.
New Village Communications, which provides cable system management, is providing
the FTTH infrastructure and services for the development. Video Communications
Engineering, a full-service provider of engineering services, provided the total
turnkey EF&I services for the project, including system engineering, material
procurement and construction services.
Located 17 miles from the Las Vegas Strip, Lake Las Vegas is a 3,600-acre
development containing residential homes, hotels and championship golf courses.
The development is expected to reach 10,000 units when the build-out is
completed.
“We realized the experience Corning could bring and felt their Advantage
products delivered the best value proposition for this deployment,” said Dan
Ryan, chief executive officer of New Village Communications. “The OptiTap
Connector provided additional benefits because of its ease of installation and
configuration.”
The Corning Cable Systems OptiTap™ Connector is a hardened connector designed
for use in the drop cable portion of a pre-connectorized network. Its simple
operation reduces installation time, saving money and accelerating subscriber
connections. Other Corning Cable Systems products deployed in the solution set
include optical cable, OptiSheath™ MultiPort Terminals, OptiTect™ Cabinets and
UCAO Splice Closures.
“We have always considered Corning to be a world-leading provider of fiber optic
systems and solutions,” said Devon Kampshoff, vice president of engineering at
Video Communications Engineering. “The collaboration of VCEI’s expertise and
solutions offerings and Corning’s superior product suite will continue bring our
shared customers a seamless, professional and complete end-to-end solution for
their FTTH network needs.”
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Freescale intros voice-enabled GPON SoC
The delivery of rich digital content to the home and small office via fiber
takes a major step toward reality with the introduction of the MSC7120 from
Freescale Semiconductor – the industry’s first voice-enabled Gigabit Passive
Optical Networking (GPON) SoC.
The multi-core MSC7120 integrates a Power Architecture™ CPU, a StarCore™ DSP and
a data path engine to deliver a complete PON sub-system in a single device. It
addresses the high data forwarding throughput requirements of several
applications including the delivery of “Triple Play” (voice, video and data)
broadband services to the home or small business.
The MSC7120 was developed jointly with Alcatel-Lucent, the dominant supplier of
GPON equipment worldwide. Work on the part initiated in 2005 after the companies
agreed to collaborate on delivering compatible, interoperable and cost-effective
GPON technology to the market.
“As a market leader in GPON, we see this announcement as an illustration of how
GPON technology is evolving and maturing,” said Mike Dobbs, senior vice
president for Alcatel-Lucent’s Access Division. “Freescale has a proven
technology and this important step now enables the network appliance community
to provide industry-compatible GPON devices at an affordable cost.”
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Neuf Cegetel finalizes Erenis acquisition
Neuf Cegetel, the leading fixed altnet in France, announces the acquisition of
100% of the shares of Erenis, the leading provider of telephone, Internet and
video services over FTTx in Paris.
Erenis, active since 2003, will be Neuf Cegetel’s platform for its fibre optic
deployment on the residential market in Paris and the Paris region. Neuf Cegetel,
already established as a leading broadband networks and services provider, will
benefit from Erenis’ skills in the negotiation with property owners, the
deployment of infrastructure inside buildings and the marketing and operation of
very high speed services to residential customers. These combined forces will
enable Neuf Cegetel to rapidly reach 100 000 home passed in Paris, supporting
the group’s objective to increase its broadband market share in the city, and to
offer an FTTx offer for 29.90 euros per month starting in April.
When releasing its 2006 annual results, Neuf Cegetel had announced its intention
to invest 300 million euros in FTTx over 2007-2008-2009, to connect 1 million
homes and 250,000 customers. Furthermore, discussions are ongoing with SFR,
which may add to this investment to allow for an even more rapid and ambitious
deployment.
About the acquisition of Erenis, Jacques Veyrat, Chairman and CEO of Neuf
Cegetel, said: "Erenis, thanks to visionary founding shareholders and a strong
management team, has become the leader in FTTx in Paris. Neuf Cegetel will
leverage upon Erenis strong momentum to launch its FTTx offer in April and
increase its broadband market share in Paris."
Erenis selling shareholders include Iris Capital, Crédit Agricole Private
Equity, AGF Private Equity, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and Net Partners,
the later having financed and supported the company since its inception.
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Biznet launches metro FTTH network
Biznet, Indonesia's premium ISP and data center provider, has launched new FTTH
(Fiber To The Home), based on Siemens Surpass hiX 5404 – Optical Network
Termination (ONT) and Siemens SURPASS hiX 5430: Optical Line Termination (OLT)
GE-PON (Gigabit Ethernet – Passive Optical Network) technology to meet both
business and residential customer demand for high-performance, high-bandwidth
business applications.
"FTTH technology has matured and proved to be successful deployment in some
countries. Biznet would like to be one of the leading Broadband Internet
providers in Indonesia and to deliver this huge bandwidth; we need a technology
that is robust, flexible and reliable. We have researched GEPON technology since
year 2006 and select this technology to be our last mile solution for our
network. This FTTH network also will be the heart of our NGN (Next Generation
Network) network," said Adi Kusma, President Director of Biznet. "We are
delighted to become the first FTTH operator that operates in Indonesia and South
East Asia. The first test area will be in Melawai area, Jakarta – Indonesia.
Other areas in Jakarta are currently under construction."
"We are very proud to support Biznet in providing this very innovative and high
quality services to their respective customers. By using our reliable GEPON
solution, we offered additional opportunities to expand the already well
developed business of Biznet in the very competitive telecommunications market
in Indonesia," highlighted Dieter Klein, Head of Nokia Siemens Networks
Indonesia Sub Region.
Biznet offers several services using Biznet Metro FTTH Network such as: Biznet
MetroNET – Business Internet Access service, Biznet MetroNET Home – Residential
Internet Access service and MetroWAN – Local Loop service. Biznet Metro FTTH
also designed to deliver Triple Play services such as Data (Internet/Intranet),
Voice (VoIP) and Video (Interactive TV and Multimedia) on single network
infrastructure.
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PacketFront launches NPU-based router for FTTH
PacketFront, the pioneer in open-access broadband networking, has launched the
first Network Processing Unit (NPU) -based advanced services router (ASR),
providing unmatched performance and full support for coming functions being
developed in the future. For the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) access segment, this
new way of designing broadband routers eliminates the need for expensive
hardware upgrades. It also provides network owners with infinite flexibility to
support new developments such as the applications, features, functions or
standards that will be demanded or required in the future.
Intended for FTTH access and cost efficient broadband aggregation, the ASR 5000
secures the high-quality delivery of advanced and concurrent triple-play
services to countless end users via a single broadband connection - provisioned
automatically. This ASR supports virtually any application and its powerful
design enables seamless software upgrades without compromising on performance -
completely doing away with the need to predict and anticipate future service
demands.
Until now, companies have been forced to invest heavily in hardware upgrades in
order to cope with ever-changing network and service requirements. The financial
and efficiency implications of this process are massive due to hardware exchange
costs and the inevitable downtime during equipment switchover. Before the ASR
5000, access equipment would not allow for advances in features, standards and
protocols, placing demands on the networking industry to make predictions about
the future. The NPU-based design of the ASR 5000 makes advanced service
personalization, identification, control and capitalization of peer-to-peer
traffic, advanced measurement of multicast traffic and SLA monitoring a reality,
and all software updates are made fully automated.
"Crystal-ball gazing is not a credible business strategy, but up until now the
networking industry has had to make 'guestimates' about likely future services
network equipment would need to support - and that hasn't always been beneficial
for customers," said Martin Thunman, CEO of PacketFront. "Addressing that need,
we've designed a broadband router offering network owners and service providers
an endless scope of future services and applications, and the ability to offer
end-users true choices. It's another step towards making the deployment of FTTH
networks not simply a pie-in-the-sky notion, but a business critical choice."
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Verizon to deploy GPON for FTTP
Verizon will soon begin deploying an advanced technology from Alcatel-Lucent
that will dramatically improve the capabilities of Verizon's industry-leading
16-state fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network.
The new technology, called a gigabit passive optical network (G-PON), increases
the aggregate broadband speeds on Verizon's FTTP systems by four times
downstream to the customer, and by eight times upstream back to the Internet.
This provides the capability for future enhancements to FiOS Internet Services
and FiOS TV. Verizon will be the first major telecommunications company to
deploy the new technology to customers in the United States.
Mark Wegleitner, Verizon senior vice president and chief technology officer,
announced the initial G-PON deployment during his keynote address at the annual
Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition and the National Fiber Optic
Engineers Conference here. He said that the new technology will be rolled out
first to a group of customers in Lewisville, Texas, early in the second quarter,
and then to a group of customers in Kirklyn, Pa., over the summer. At the
successful conclusion of the initial deployments, plans for wider expansion of
the new technology will be announced.
In the meantime, Verizon will continue deploying the broadband passive optical
network (B-PON) technology that the company has been using since it began
construction of its all-fiber network in 2004.
"Customer bandwidth appetite is growing fast, and we engineered our FiOS network
to respond to that need quickly," Wegleitner said. "This important step
underscores how easily we can increase the speed and other capabilities of the
fiber without changing the design of the fiber plant. Simply by deploying G-PON
optics and associated electronics, we get a significant boost in bandwidth. This
will allow us to continue offering our customers the best broadband, video and
voice services available today and tomorrow."
Cindy Christy, president of Alcatel-Lucent's North America business, said, "Verizon
is creatively and aggressively transforming its network to deliver a rich mix of
voice, video and data services to its subscribers. Our innovation and expertise
in the G-PON area provides a long-term strategic advantage to Verizon now and in
the future as it best meets demands for higher capacity, personal and blended
services over converged networks."
Verizon and Alcatel-Lucent also announced that they have reached a definitive
agreement under which Alcatel-Lucent will supply the G-PON equipment to Verizon.
Verizon announced the selection of Alcatel-Lucent last summer, and both parties
had been working on a definitive contract since then.
The new equipment includes new optical network terminals (ONTs) where Verizon's
fiber terminates at customers' homes and optical loop terminals (OLTs) in
Verizon's central switching offices.
The new G-PON electronics on Verizon's network will allow the company to
dramatically increase the speed and bandwidth of FiOS. Currently in Verizon's
network, a single fiber from a Verizon switching office has transmission speeds
of 622 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and 155 Mbps upstream. When the
fiber reaches a neighborhood it is split up to feed multiple fibers, serving as
many as 32 customers. With G-PON electronics, that same fiber from the switching
office will have a downstream transmission speed of 2.4 Gbps (gigabits per
second) and an upstream speed of 1.2 Gbps.
The new electronics will also allow the company to make future enhancements to
its ultra-high-speed FiOS Internet access and all-digital FiOS TV products, and
continue to reduce the costs of deployment.
Verizon is the only major telecom company building fiber all the way to
customers' homes on a mass scale. Verizon is also the first and only major
communications and entertainment provider to be certified by the independent
Fiber to the Home Council as providing customers with 100 percent fiber-optic
service.
More than 6 million homes and businesses in parts of 16 states are now passed by
Verizon's all-fiber network, and the company expects its new network to pass an
additional 3 million premises annually, or about 18 million premises by the end
of 2010. FiOS Internet service - which today offers download speeds of up to 50
Mbps and upstream speeds up to 5 Mbps -- is offered in more than 1,600
communities across parts of all 16 states where the company's new network is
deployed: California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
The company currently offers FiOS TV service in parts of ten states: California,
Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania,
Texas and Virginia.
Verizon will deploy the Alcatel-Lucent 7342 ISAM fiber-to-the-user (FTTU)
solution, already chosen by more than 20 providers worldwide for broadband and
triple-play services.
It extends the bandwidth potential of fiber from the network core to the
subscriber premises, using the latest G-PON recommendations of the Full Service
Access Network group.
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Verizon President and COO Dennis Strigl to give speech
Dennis Strigl, president and chief operating officer of Verizon Communications
Inc., will speak at the Bank of America 2007 Media, Telecommunications and
Entertainment Conference here on Thursday, March 29. His remarks will be webcast
beginning approximately 12:50 p.m. Eastern time on Verizon's Investor Relations
Web site, http://www.verizon.com/investor. Access instructions will be available
on the site that day.
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Video/IPTV,
FTTP,
Wireless
Verizon's FiOS TV approved in 30th New York community
Residents of this Rockland County village are a major step closer to having a
real choice for their cable television services, thanks to a vote last night
(March 27) by the Piermont Board of Trustees to approve a video franchise for
Verizon. The board's vote marks the 30th community in New York to approve an
agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service.
"Securing 30 video franchises to offer FiOS TV in New York in just 18 months is
a significant milestone for Verizon," said Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice
president for New York and Connecticut. "We are excited to give the residents of
Piermont a new choice for their video entertainment with FiOS TV, which offers
incredible pictures and sound clarity and innovative new services -- all from a
brand they know and trust."
Piermont joins a growing list of New York communities that are paving the way
for competition and choice in the television market. In addition to Piermont,
Verizon has been granted video franchises in Rockland County by the communities
of Orangetown, Clarkstown, Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack and
Grandview-on-Hudson. Verizon also has video franchises in the Westchester County
communities of Irvington, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, Eastchester, Mount
Kisco, Elmsford, Port Chester, Tuckahoe and the Town of Greenburgh; and on Long
Island in the villages of Massapequa Park, Cedarhurst, Laurel Hollow, Lynbrook,
Mineola, East Rockaway, Farmingdale, Valley Stream and Freeport, and the towns
of Huntington, Smithtown, Hempstead and Oyster Bay.
As with all local franchise approvals in New York, the agreement between Verizon
and Piermont is subject to review by the New York State Public Service
Commission.
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Video/IPTV,
FTTP
Cavium, Teknovus collaborate on EPON Home Gateway
Teknovus, the leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (G-EPON)
chipsets for the deployment of triple play services in broadband access networks
and Cavium Networks, a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor
processors that enable intelligent networking, communications and security
applications, today announced the development of an integrated EPON home
gateway. A demo of the joint reference design will be on display at Teknovus’
booth at the OFC Conference in Anaheim California, March 27-29, 2007.
The joint Cavium Networks and Teknovus EPON home gateway reference design
provides carrier-class media and management features and performance by
combining Cavium Networks’ OCTEON MIPS64 processor with Teknovus’ EPON ONU chip.
The OCTEON processor with integrated intelligent hardware acceleration is
designed to meet the parameters of the broadband home, demonstrating 1Gbps
performance for NAT and Firewall with no active fan. Cavium Networks’ OCTEON
processors are being deployed in home gateways with leading service providers
using EPON in Asia. Teknovus’ EPON ONUs support IPTV and other advanced video
services with guaranteed QoS (Quality of Service).
“Combining Teknovus’ world class chipsets and software delivering PON access
with our OCTEON processors enables a high performance, low power, and low cost
home gateway to address service provider requirements,” stated Syed Ali,
President and CEO of Cavium Networks. “We are pleased to offer this compelling
solution for the fast growing broadband infrastructure market jointly with
Teknovus.”
“As service providers continue to move up the performance/integration curve,
communications system vendors are seeking a single box for triple-play with
fiber-speed to enable the next generation home network,” stated Greg Caltabiano,
President & CEO of Teknovus. “Our collaboration with Cavium Networks using their
OCTEON processors delivers a comprehensive solution for managing and configuring
the EPON connected home”.
“Service providers are looking for ways to reduce the costs of deploying
multi-services without sacrificing the QoS and security features they need to
ensure subscriber quality of experience," said Jeff Heynen, Directing Analyst
Broadband and IPTV, Infonetics Research. "The Teknovus/Cavium Networks reference
satisfies both demands and will go a long way in helping EPON providers more
comfortably and cost-consciously roll-out advanced voice, data, and video
services.”
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Chips,
FTTP,
Video/IPTV
Finisar demos new modules at OFC
Building upon its record as a leader in innovation of fiber optic components and
subsystems for datacom, and telecom applications, Finisar Corporation Tuesday
announced demonstrations of several new modules at the Optical Fiber Conference
in Anaheim, California. The demonstrations highlight key optics technologies
including 10 Gb/s SFP+ LRM (Small Form-Factor Pluggable Long Reach Multimode),
GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) transceivers for Optical Line Termination
(OLT) and Optical Network Unit (ONU) applications, and Extended Reach DWDM
(Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) SFP transceivers.
10G SFP+ LRM
Using Finisar's low-power-dissipation 10 Gb/s SFP+ LRM modules, Finisar will
demonstrate an error-free link over 220 meters of legacy multi-mode fiber. These
modules achieve the 220 meter distance using Electronic Dispersion Compensation
(EDC) solutions from Aeluros and Vitesse. The power consumption is less than 1W.
These modules also offer a robust mechanical bail-latch design, excellent
optical and electrical performance, and Finisar's patented digital diagnostics
functionality.
SFP+ is a new mechanical form factor highly anticipated by Ethernet and storage
equipment vendors who want to be able to leverage the benefits of high-density
and low power consumption. LRM is the latest optical reach for SFP+ supported by
Finisar, in addition to existing 10 Gb/s Ethernet Short Reach (SR) and Long
Reach (LR) product lines. With this new module, Finisar now offers a
"triple-plus solution" -- 10 Gb/s SFP+ SR, LR, and LRM -- supporting the three
key optical reaches for datacom and storage equipment vendors in the SFP+ form
factor.
"Finisar's SFP+ demonstration is an important milestone," said Rafik Ward,
director of marketing, Finisar. "We believe the 10 Gb/s SFP+ LRM module fits a
rapidly emerging market need and the interoperability we've shown w
