Nokia and SK Broadband connect first customers with fastest fiber technology
October 17 2016 - 1:06AM
- Nokia's universal next generation PON approach combines
different technologies on a single fiber, maximizing the use of SK
Broadband's fiber investment
- Aggregate speeds of 52.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) reached for
selected SK Broadband customers
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)
-- Nokia and SK Broadband have provided the
fastest fiber access speeds ever to a first set of apartment
buildings in Seoul, South Korea, reaching aggregate speeds of 52.5
Gbps.
SK Broadband is known as one of the leading service providers in
fiber ultra-broadband, in terms of network coverage, number of
users and the speeds offered. They have always been an early
adopter and driver of broadband innovation in the country. In
2006, SK Broadband was the first to commercialize 2.5Gbps GPON
technology. In 2014, they introduced the world's first 10 Gbps
Internet service jointly with the Ministry of Science, ICT and
Future Planning, and the National Information Society Agency using
10Gbps E-PON technology.
With Nokia, they are now taking their fiber network to the next
level. Reusing the existing fiber network and access platform, on
which they already have deployed Gigabit Passive Optical Network
technology (GPON) at 2.5 Gbps, they can now boost speeds up to
52.5Gbps.
To do so, SK Broadband is using multi-dwelling units (MDUs) from
HFR and Nokia's universal next generation PON solution, making it
possible to aggregate different technologies on the existing
fiber
- TWDM-PON with 40Gbps symmetrical
- XGS-PON with 10Gbps symmetrical
- GPON with 2.5Gbps
In addition to boosting speeds, universal next generation PON
also brings the benefit of cost-efficient upgrades and operational
efficiencies thanks to the wavelength mobility.
South Korea is known as the world's most connected country
offering the world's top upload and download speeds, and it has set
clear strategic goals to have Gigabit broadband available to all
citizens by 2020.
With this latest generation of fiber access technologies, SK
Broadband aims to take its commitment yet one step further to offer
speeds of 10 Gbps to all its customers. This will boost the
country's highly competitive business environment as well as the
innovations in broadband services delivered to the market.
Yoo Ji-chang, Head of SK Broadband's Network Division,
said: "As a new era looms that demands Gigabit Internet,
Ultra High Definition video and Virtual and Augmented Reality
services, SK Broadband will establish a network infrastructure that
provides the best customer value. Following the world's first
commercialization of an ADSL service and the two-pair LAN cable
500M service, we will establish a top-class optical Internet
platform to create the best Gigabit broadband service environment
for our customers."
Federico Guillen, president of Nokia's Fixed Networks Group,
commented: "All eyes in the world are focused on South Korea as
it moves ahead with rolling out ever-faster broadband networks.
Nokia's innovation edge and our portfolio of next generation fiber
technologies help customers like SK Broadband realize the true
Gigabit societies of the future."
Did you know?
- According to the Pacific Telecommunications Council, South
Korea has the world's highest mobile broadband penetration at 91%,
with more than 55% of households connecting over
Fiber-to-the-Home/Fiber-to-the-Building
- Nokia leads the market with over 55 next generation fiber
trials, including U-NGPON, XGS-PON and TWDM-PON.
- NOKIA developed the MDU with HFR Inc., which is a prominent
Korean vendor of wired/wireless network equipment like GPON, Mobile
fronthaul, Carrier Ethernet.
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