Ericsson today announced several enhancements to its GPON solutions. First, Ericsson is setting a new benchmark in GPON port density for its EDA 1500 platform. The new 16-port GPON OLT board now enables broadband services to more than 14,000 FTTH GPON subscribers in a single EDA 1500 chassis. This density provides significant total cost of ownership savings for operators by reducing central office space, average port costs, and the power profile per line. As a result, operators can easily scale their network while maintaining a high quality of experience for HDTV and 3DTV services.
- Single EDA 1500 Optical Line Terminal (OLT) now scales to an unprecedented 14,000 FTTH GPON subscribers
- Integrated TDM gateway enables fixed mobile convergence and business services on the EDA 1500
- T780G Optical Network Unit utilizes existing in-building wiring to provide maximize ROI
Ericsson is also introducing an Integrated TDM Gateway (ITG) board to the EDA 1500, enabling a converged platform for packet and TDM services across fixed enterprise and mobile applications. The ITG terminates and aggregates E1 services across multiple GPON ports at the OLT for STM-1 connectivity to existing TDM networks. This simplifies the network and substantially improves an operator’s total cost of ownership.
Last, Ericsson is further expanding its EDA portfolio with the T780G Optical Network Unit (ONU). This GPON-fed modular ONU provides flexibility for operators delivering ADSL2+, VDSL2, POTS, E1 and Ethernet services to both business and residential users. The T780G enables operators to support dense areas with different service requirements without rewiring buildings. The ONU is part of Ericsson’s T-series of optical terminals which provides maximum flexibility to deploy deep fiber access networks.
“Ericsson continues to invest in and innovate its Deep Fiber Access GPON portfolio to help operators remain in the forefront with simple, smart and scalable solutions,” said Phil Winterbottom, Head of Product Line, Broadband Access at Ericsson. “The new benchmark in GPON OLT density provides tremendous value to customers. The 16-port board has the intelligence to efficiently manage both capacity and quality to ensure the best possible HDTV and 3DTV viewing experience. The EDA 1500 TDM gateway and the T780G also enable operators to simplify the network and improve their total cost of ownership, while providing end users the rich experience delivered by all-IP services.”
Ericsson Deep Fiber Access is a complete end-to-end solution of passive fiber, outside plant components and active equipment along with a comprehensive service offering. The EDA broadband access equipment portfolio provides simple, smart and scalable solutions for high-speed, multimedia rich, next generation IP-based networks. The world’s leading operators have selected Ericsson’s innovative Deep Fiber Access, deploying the GPON, P2P, WDM PON and DSL solutions in more than 145 FTTX and 110 copper-based networks around the globe. Ericsson is positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of the Gartner 2010 Magic Quadrant for Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH).
