Valencia, Spain, 13 February 2018 – Operators looking to unleash the full potential of next-generation PON technologies such as XGS-PON and NG-PON2 should wisely consider a period of co-existence between PON generations to ensure a gradual migration with minimum service disruption, Iskratel’s CTO said today. Speaking on the opening day of FTTH Conference, Damjan Slapar highlighted how operators could miss out on introducing revenue-generating applications if they don’t upgrade their networks and take advantage of next-generation PON capabilities, including increased symmetrical bandwidth and flexible wavelength plans. But, he warned, operators…
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Calix and Verizon Achieve Major Industry Milestone with the First Large-scale Deployments of AXOS and NG-PON2
Verizon partners with Calix to launch the next phase of its Intelligent Edge Network strategy to realize radical reductions in operational costs and improvements in the speed of new service delivery PETALUMA, CA – January 30, 2018 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), today announced that Verizon has selected the AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Edge System to begin large-scale NG-PON2 deployments in the first quarter of 2018. These deployments will include the AXOS RPm (Routing Protocol module for Layer 3) and the AXOS SMm (Subscriber Management module for disaggregated Broadband Network Gateway)….
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Operators hail next-generation technologies ahead of the Forum’s Access Summit Berlin, Germany, and Las Vegas, U.S. – October 16, 2017: Next-generation fiber technologies such as NG-PON2 represent a paradigm shift in the access space and a more certain path towards long-term success, according to Vincent O’Byrne, Director of Technology at Verizon. This viewpoint is among others that will be explored by the Broadband Forum’s Access Summit, which features operators and manufacturers, as well as industry insight from Light Reading, IHS and the Fiber Broadband Association. Taking place at Broadband World…
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