Nokia and Frontier Communications deploy G.fast technology to expand gigabit ultra-broadband access across Connecticut
May 25 2017 - 8:01AM
- Nokia G.fast technology enables Frontier to quickly roll out
fiber-like speeds to customers living in apartment buildings and
deliver new IPTV and data service packages
Norwalk, US - Nokia and Frontier Communications will deploy
G.fast technology to increase in-building broadband speeds for
customers living in apartment and multi-dwelling units (MDU) across
Connecticut.
Part of a state-wide network expansion initiative, Frontier will
use Nokia's G.fast technology to quickly bring fiber-like speeds to
customers without having to install new, in-building fiber
infrastructure. With built-in vectoring technology - which reduces
cross-talk interference that typically impacts data speeds over
copper networks - the Nokia G.fast solution will allow Frontier to
use the last few hundred meters of existing copper located in
buildings to deliver ultra-broadband access to customers.
Nokia's G.fast technology enables Frontier to complement its
extensive fiber network footprint and rapidly deploy fiber to the
basement of an apartment building instead of each individual
apartment unit. Leveraging Software Defined Network (SDN)
capabilities and compliant with NetConf and Yang models, Nokia's
G.fast solution also enables Frontier to accelerate G.fast
deployments by automating the management process and simplifying
provisioning models.
Steve Gable, Frontier EVP and Chief Technology Officer
said: "Nokia's field-proven G.fast solution will help Frontier
quickly bring ultra-broadband access to customers by using the
existing copper twisted pair wiring that is often found in
apartment buildings. Without it, we'd have to drill holes and pull
fiber into each apartment unit we serve, a time consuming and
challenging process that can be frustrating for customers. Nokia's
solution allows us to deliver new enhanced services without ever
having to enter the place of residence."
Federico Guillén, president of Nokia's Fixed Networks
Business Group, said: "It's no secret that multi-technology
strategies which maximize the use of both fiber and copper are
effective in helping operators quickly role out new ultra-broadband
services. This is particularly true in some cases like inside an
apartment building, where more traditional Fiber-to-the-Home
strategies can be very challenging to deploy. With the advancements
that have been made in today's copper technologies, operators can
now offer fiber-like speeds to enhance the way customers experience
their broadband services. As market leaders in copper and fiber
technologies, Nokia has the experience it takes to deliver these
multi-technology broadband networks."
Nokia is the industry leader in G.fast technology, with more
than 40 individual customer trials completed and 10 customers
commercially deploying around the world, including Openreach,
Chunghwa Telecom, A1 Telekom Austria and Energia
Communications.
With new technology innovations, such as XG-FAST, Nokia remains
committed to providing operators with a wide range of copper
technologies essential to meet growing end-customer demand for
gigabit services.
Did you know:
- Bell Labs' innovative vectoring algorithms help to eliminate
crosstalk and make G.fast even faster.
- Nokia leads in DSL innovation, holding world speed records with
Bell Labs' XG-FAST technology, demonstrating speeds of 10Gbps on a
single copper pair.
- Nokia is the global market leader in xDSL technology with
a total of more than 330 million xDSL lines, 80 million VDSL lines
and 30 million vectoring lines shipped to date.
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