ADTRAN Accelerates G.fast into Reality with BT and Trials with Over 60 Operators around the Globe
January 21 2016 - 05:30AM
Business Wire
ADTRAN G.fast performance and reach exceeds
service provider expectations, enabling wider range of deployment
models
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of
next-generation networking solutions, today revealed further
details on its G.fast trials, including BT’s large scale trials in
the UK. ADTRAN’s Fiber-to-the-distribution point (FTTdp) solution
is opening the way for ultra-fast broadband speeds to be delivered
to more homes and businesses than ever before. These more advanced
G.fast solutions can be implemented within a shorter timeframe and
with more manageable deployment economics than those offered by
traditional FTTP roll-outs.
Since ADTRAN demonstrated the industry’s first fully sealed
FTTdp solution in early 2014, it has proceeded to lead the industry
in G.fast trial experience. The company is fulfilling demand from
more than 60 service providers across six continents that have
applauded the solution’s innovation and performance. The BT trials
in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, reaching over two thousand premises
are the latest to include the ADTRAN 500G Series G.fast solutions.
G.fast, as a viable Gigabit broadband technology, is allowing
carriers to deliver up to five times the broadband speed currently
offered by the most progressive UK cable providers.
ADTRAN solutions have significantly exceeded expectations with
innovative technology which enhances the performance of G.fast both
in terms of reach and speed. These innovations are changing the way
ultra-fast broadband is transmitted, moving from more costly FTTP
deployment models to emerging FTTdp models and now
Fiber-to-the-Cabinet (FTTCab). This, coupled with ADTRAN’s
intention to increase the port density of G.fast equipment in the
future, offers potential savings for large service providers for
every 50 meters of additional customer reach.
Mike Galvin, BT managing director of service, strategy &
operations, explains, “Providing fiber to every home or business in
a given community can be a logistical and financial challenge.
Rather than relying on fiber for the entire network, G.fast
solutions such as ADTRAN’s utilize existing copper assets for the
last step of the journey. This allows us to provide the ultra-fast
broadband that customers demand, while reducing the time and cost
of running fiber all the way to the premises.”
“Conversations with our customers during these trials are
revealing G.fast technology to be a significant and important part
of service provider broadband portfolios all around the world,”
comments Dr. Eduard Scheiterer, senior vice president, research and
development, ADTRAN. “We see G.fast as an essential access solution
for the future enablement of widespread Gigabit broadband. Our
continued investment in G.fast includes end-user service activation
through reverse powering capabilities, which we brought to market.
We are also working with standards bodies like the Broadband Forum
to develop open APIs and interfaces allowing simplified, rapid
deployment into any broadband network, regardless of FTTx vendor or
OSS incumbency.”
Notes to Editors:
ADTRAN’s G.fast solutions support open Software-Defined Network
(SDN) deployment models that ensure rapid plug and play deployment
capability within the multi-vendor FTTx networks that exist today.
With over 100,000 sealed micro DSLAMs in FTTdp and FTTCab
deployments to date, many within communities and countries with
harsh and extreme environments, such as the Middle East, Finland,
Mexico and Alaska, ADTRAN has a proven track record of success with
the type of environmentally sealed and remotely powered solutions
required for the successful deployment of G.fast.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data,
video and Internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and
millions of individual users worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.adtran.com.
About BT
BT’s purpose is to use the power of communications to make a
better world. It is one of the world’s leading providers of
communications services and solutions, serving customers in more
than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision
of networked IT services globally; local, national and
international telecommunications services to its customers for use
at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet
products and services; and converged fixed/mobile products and
services. BT consists principally of five customer-facing
lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Business, BT Consumer, BT
Wholesale and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2015, BT Group’s reported revenue
was £17,979m with reported profit before taxation of £2,645m.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets
of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in
London and New York.
For more information, visit www.btplc.com.
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