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AngaCom 2023: Harmonic expands portfolio with hardened switch for 10G fibre deployments

By Peter Dykes

Harmonic has expanded its fibre broadband portfolio with the new Wharf hardened switch for high-density remote optical line termination (R-OLT) applications (pictured). The company says the Wharf switch delivers ultra-fast broadband speeds to high-density service areas and accelerates time to market of XGS-PON or 10G-EPON fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services alongside 25/40/100G business-class services from outdoor cabinetry. […]

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Fibernet taps Adtran for 10G fibre network

By Peter Dykes

Fibre access specialist Adtran says Finnish altnet Fibernet, is using the Adtran 10G Fiber Access Platform to build an XGS-PON fibre network that will connect 50,000 customers in its first phase. Fibernet is leveraging its innovative fibre trenching technology to quickly build a fibre network and is using Adtran’s reliable 10G solutions to deploy competitive, […]

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ANGACOM 2022: CommScope to launch next-gen XGS-PON for FTTP

By Peter Dykes

CommScope will launch a new cloud-to-edge suite of next-generation XGS-PON solutions built to facilitate the rapid global growth in FTTP deployments at ANGACOM 2002. The company says the suite has three primary advantages: a flexible architecture; open, interoperable components; and dynamic, cloud-based operation. The cloud-to-edge solution allows service providers in both greenfield FTTH and fibre-deeper […]

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Orange Spain taps ZTE for 10G XGS-PON services

By Peter Dykes

ZTE Corporation in partnership with Orange Spain, has planned to launch commercial 10-gigabit-capable symmetric passive optical network (XGS-PON) services in the Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Valencia and Zaragoza. The services will provide users with 10 Gbps broadband and Wi-Fi. It’s Orange’s first attempt at delivering 10 Gbps broadband to retail users. In October […]

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Iskratel debuts new ONT/OLT

By Peter Dykes

ICT provider Iskratel, has debuted its SI3000 Lumia C16 Optical Network Terminal and Optical Line Terminal (ONT / OLT) products and services at the Gigabit Summit in Hessen, Germany. Compactly designed, the SI3000 Lumia C16 is network processor-based, meaning that the functions and performance parameters can be set in microcode, allowing for a high level […]

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XGS-PON OLT spending up over 500% year on year

By Peter Dykes

According to a newly published report by Dell’Oro Group, total global revenue for the Broadband Access equipment market increased to US$3.3 B in 1Q 2021, up 18% year-on-year, with growth coming from spending on PON OLT ports, particularly 10 Gbps PON technologies. “The shift to 10 Gbps PON technologies is happening quickly and on a […]

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Full Fibre builds 10G optical network with DZS Keymile

By Matthew Peach

Full Fibre, a telecommunications company based in the south west of England, has selected DZS Keymile’s Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) and XGS-PON technologies for its new optical fibre network. The network operator is targeting business parks and the surrounding residential areas and will provide homes and businesses with bandwidths of one gigabit per second. […]

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Community Fibre brings in ADTRAN to start 10G FTTH roll-out

By Antony Savvas

Community Fibre has selected ADTRAN as its technology partner to deliver 10G residential and business services in the UK. The firm is delivering high-speed fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-premise broadband services to large urban locations across the UK, starting with London and expanding into other areas over the next several years. ADTRAN’s scalable and flexible 10G solutions, […]

Greenlight says the deployment of Nokia's XGS-PON solution reflects its commitment to continually develop the capabilities and speed of its network and is an important step towards extending new ultra-broadband services such as streaming video in 8k and 12k as well as keeping up with the increase of internet-aware devices in the home.

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Greenlight Networks to deploy Nokia XGS-PON fibre technology

By Peter Dykes

US-based Greenlight Networks will deploy Nokia’s next-generation fibre technology to enhance its fibre network capacity, reliability, flexibility and scale to deliver new high-quality residential and business services. Providing symmetrical broadband speeds of up to 10Gbps, the XGS-PON deployment is a first in New York and enables Greenlight Networks to bring some of the fastest broadband […]

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FSAN reveals access roadmap for the next decade

By Roy Rubenstein

The Full Service Access Network (FSAN) has outlined its vision for fibre access networks for the coming decade. FSAN is an industry forum that includes over 20 operators and has 70 members. The group identifies service requirements and develops optical access technologies that it passes to the ITU for standardisation. The latest FSAN technologies to […]

Telefonica is the latest operator to test XGS-PON, the 10-gigabit passive optical networking standard.

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Operators begin the transition to XGS-PON

By Roy Rubenstein

Telefonica is the latest operator to test XGS-PON, the 10-gigabit passive optical networking standard. “Operators want to show they are taking the maximum from their fibre investment,” said Ana Pesovic, marketing manager for fibre at Nokia, a supplier of the XGS-PON equipment used for the operator’s lab tests. “Telefonica has been really aggressive in their […]