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JULY 22, 2008 -- Suo Cable Net, a Japanese cable-TV operator, has selected Alcatel-Lucent (search for Alcatel-Lucent) to design, integrate, and deploy a GPON. The new network, which will enable Suo Cable Net to begin rolling out high-speed Internet and video services this month, will be the first commercial GPON deployment in Japan, the systems house says.
With more than 10 million FTTH subscribers, Japan is one of the most advanced countries in terms of high-speed broadband coverage. While most initial deployments used BPON technology (search for BPON), GE-PON (search for GE-PON) has been the technology of choice for the most recent generation of deployments. GPON (search for GPON) supports downstream capacities of up to 2.5 Gbits/sec, more than twice the 1-Gbit/sec downstream bit rate standard GE-PON provides.
"With Alcatel-Lucent's industry-leading GPON solution, we will be able to offer our customers broadband capacities that support the delivery of high-definition TV and high-speed Internet services," said Tetsuaki Kanai, vice president of Suo Cable Net. Suo Cable Net provides cable-TV services in Yanai City.
Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber-to-the-User (ISAM FTTU) equipment, a product line complemented by a wide range of optical network terminals (ONTs) that support FTTH, fiber-to-the-building (FTTB), and mobile backhaul.
"We are very excited to be part of the first-ever commercial deployment of GPON technology in Japan," said Frederic Rose, president of Alcatel-Lucent's activities in Europe, Africa, and Asia. "FTTH architectures are clearly the end-game of any planned or ongoing access network transformation. GPON stands out as the optimal and most cost-effective FTTH technology option -- thanks to its stability, scalability, flexible management and operations, as well as its guaranteed evolutionary path. GPON will allow Japanese end users to truly experience the power of next-generation triple-play services."
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