Verizon launched 2 Gbps symmetrical service in New York City today, making it the latest broadband provider to offer multi-gigabit service. A Verizon spokesperson said the company is using NG-PON2 to deliver the service. The Verizon 2 Gbps service will…
Verizon and equipment provider Calix said today that they have demonstrated the ability to use NG-PON2 bonding to provide a single customer connection supporting speeds of 34 Gbps. NG-PON2 is the latest-generation passive optical network technology. It uses a faster…
The Verizon network roadmap is focused on a single core MPLS network supporting wireless, residential and business services that will use NG-PON2 as an access method for all three, said Lee Hicks, Vice President of network planning for Verizon today….
Verizon is planning large scale NG-PON2 deployments, which will begin this quarter with a customer trial in Tampa, said Verizon Director of Technology Planning Vincent O’Byrne in an interview. NG-PON2 can co-exist with GPON on existing fiber-to-the-home networks, boosting capacity…
Verizon said yesterday that it and its partners achieved interoperability in a vital element of its NG-PON2 platform. The NG-PON2 interoperability testing focused on the ONT management and provisioning element of the carrier’s OpenOMCI specification. Other participants were ADTRAN, Broadcom,…
By the time Verizon begins deploying next-generation fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure based on the NG-PON2 standard later this year or early next year, the company also will have set plans in motion to simplify upgrades beyond the company’s initial deployment of…
Verizon said today that it has completed what it believes is the first interoperability trial of next-generation passive optical networking 2 (NG-PON2) technology. In an interview, Dennis Khomitsky, distinguished member of Verizon’s technical staff, said the ability to mix optical…
Verizon said yesterday that it will test NG-PON2 technology from Adtran and Calix with an eye toward upgrading to the new technology, which can support symmetrical speeds as high as 10 Gbps or higher per customer. The Verizon NG-PON2 news…
Verizon’s continued testing of next-generation PON technologies for FiOS continues, with news of a NG-PON2 trial, which delivered Internet download and upload speeds of up to 10-Gbps per wavelength. Verizon sees NG-PON2 as a platform to deliver multi-gigabit-speed broadband access…
Verizon executive Kevin Smith, vice president of network planning, updated the carrier’s One Fiber initiative during a keynote address at the Calix Connexions event in Las Vegas today. Calix is one of Verizon’s supplier partners for this next generation network…
Verizon’s next CEO will be Hans Vestberg, former CEO of key supplier Ericsson, who joined Verizon as chief technology officer just over a year ago. Verizon announced that he will assume that title August 1, replacing Lowell McAdam, who has…
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