ADTRAN Advances Gigabit Society with NBN Co in Massive Rollout of Its Cutting-Edge G.fast Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC) Technology
29 November 2018 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Using G.fast to build fast, reliable “National
Broadband Access Network” by 2020
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), the leading provider of
next-generation open networking solutions, today announced its
gigabit-capable 2nd generation G.fast Distribution Point Units
(DPUs) will be installed underground throughout Australia as NBN Co
begins the next phase of future-proofing the country’s national
broadband access network (nbn).
“NBN is setting a global standard for advanced Gigabit Society
infrastructure by designing and implementing a nationwide broadband
network using multiple next-generation technologies, including
G.fast, to scale to gigabit service rates and beyond,” ADTRAN
EMEA/APAC Chief Technology Officer Ronan Kelly said. “ADTRAN is
proud to be a partner in this exciting project, which has shown how
the nbn – in eight short years – has already contributed
significantly to the economy and social wellbeing of millions of
Australians.”
ADTRAN has shipped hundreds of thousands of the most advanced
generation of G.fast ports for this project. G.fast is an excellent
fibre service extension technology because it uses existing wired
infrastructure to bring higher broadband speeds to customers by
linking large capacity fibre networks to homes and businesses.
The first G.fast DPUs are being installed in the Sydney suburb
of Rockdale, where the newest phase of the wholesale nbn is being
built out by 2020. This is the first network in the world to
deliver high speeds of broadband via in-ground G.fast DPUs,
according to NBN Chief Network Engineering Officer Peter Ryan.
“ADTRAN is a valued strategic partner for nbn and has played a
key role helping nbn meet our deployment goals to evolve our
network,” Ryan said. “I am very pleased that we are taking this
next step together on our journey of delivering cutting-edge
technology to Australians with our first deployment of ADTRAN
G.fast technology onto the nbn FTTC network. Having this technology
in the ground today gives us additional flexibility to meet
end-user demand as it evolves.”
Ryan further explains the benefits of using G.fast in a new blog
and why it is an important technology to deploy in its progress to
connect Australia to the nbn broadband access network and be
prepared for gigabit capable networks of the future.
ADTRAN was among the first to deliver G.fast solutions that
conform with Amendment 3 of the ITU-T G.fast standard, which
doubles the usable spectrum from 106 MHz to 212 MHz and reduces the
power consumption to enable convenient and cost effective reverse
power feeding. With Amendment 3, G.fast is now capable of providing
an aggregated bandwidth of 2 Gbps, delivering fibre-like speeds for
applications which require leveraging the existing phone or cable
television wiring infrastructure. The increased capacity also helps
operators with additional deployment flexibility, as for the first
time G.fast-based services can be delivered to locations where
these need to coexist with existing VDSL2 services while still
maintaining the ability to deliver symmetric Gigabit speeds.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is the leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data,
video and internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations and
millions of individual users worldwide. For more information,
please visit us at www.adtran.com, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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