In a previous article, I made a case for why operators should consider deploying XGS-PON to gain the favor of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund’s (RDOF) prioritized support for services with faster speeds and lower latency. Making the switch to…

In a previous article, I made a case for why operators should consider deploying XGS-PON to gain the favor of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund’s (RDOF) prioritized support for services with faster speeds and lower latency. Making the switch to…
GPON can play a key role in the smart grid, explained Justin Harrison, a licensed professional engineer with Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, in a presentation at the Adtran Connect event in Huntsville, Alabama yesterday. Alabama Power’s GPON…
At this week’s Calix ConneXions conference in Las Vegas, Verizon VP of Network Planning Lee Hicks outlined the carrier’s move to NGPON2. Hicks says NGPON2 is the fiber-based broadband platform Verizon will use to power all its lines of business,…
September 06, 2018 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time HUNTSVILLE, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), the leading provider of next-generation open networking solutions, today announced that CASSCOMM is deploying transformative broadband solutions from across its entire access portfolio for both carrier and cable service…
Anyone following passive optical networking developments has a new acronym to add to the lexicon – XGS-PON. The standard, which is on a fast-track development path at the International Telecommunications Union, aims to match GPON capacity for residential services and…
Gigabit network announcements involving Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers have been coming out more and more frequently – and we may be seeing just the tip of the iceberg. Adtran, a company that makes a variety of equipment underlying…
PETALUMA, CA–(Marketwired – July 08, 2014) -Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Grande Communications (Grande), a Texas-based broadband communications company and one of the nation’s top 20 largest cable operators, has deployed the Calix E7-2 Ethernet Service Access Platform…
It stands to reason and has been borne out time and again by experience, but a report from the Broadband Forum confirms that interoperability and certification are keys to “driving the transition to multi-vendor GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Networking) networks.”…
Oakland, CA — August 27, 2013 — Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE), a global leader in FTTx network access solutions, today announced a new GPON deployment with NineStar Connect, a utility cooperative offering advanced telecommunications services. Located in Greenfield, Indiana,…
SUWANEE, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DASAN Networks USA, a global leader in Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) solutions with more than six million ONTs installed worldwide, announced today it has been selected by Benton Ridge Telephone to provide GPON last mile access equipment along with Ethernet…
PETALUMA, CA—December 13, 2010—Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) today announced that Broadband Stimulus award winner Southwest Telephone Exchange, a subsidiary of Interstate 35 Telephone Company, has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio to deliver advanced broadband services over fiber to residences,…
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