FTTN/C News

Alcatel-Lucent builds broadband network for Telmex

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it has been selected as a key supplier for the deployment of a superfast broadband access network for Mexican carrier Telmex. One of the largest...

BT Openreach expands FTTP footprint

Openreach, the infrastructure arm of UK operator BT Group PLC (LSE: BT.A), says it has held successful trials of "FTTP on demand" in St Agnes, Cornwall. It has been testing the technology...

Calix adds a dozen to broadband stimulus customer list

Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) released the names of 12 additional communications companies that have selected elements of the company’s Unified Access portfolio for broadband stimulus projects....

Huawei touts 1 Gbps via Giga DSL

Huawei says it has developed a prototype DSL system capable of supporting symmetrical 1-Gbps transmission rates. The systems, appropriately named Giga DSL, uses a technique called time-division...

BT Openreach includes Scotland in next fiber roll-out phase

Openreach, the arm of BT in charge of broadband services, has announced plans to extend its fiber-based infrastructure to another 178 exchanges – including 33 in Scotland. Most of these...

Twain Telephone deploys Zhone MXK for xDSL connectivity

Zhone Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) says that Mark Twain Telephone Co. is deploying the MXK intelligent terabit access concentrator to enable xDSL connectivity to its 5,000 access lines in...

Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom chooses Calix for broadband stimulus FTTH plus FTTN upgrades

Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) says that Vermont independent telco Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom (WCVT) will use elements of the Calix Unified Access portfolio in a three-year network...

ASSIA offers DSL Expresse 2.5 for VDSL network monitoring and service optimization

ASSIA Inc. has released DSL Expresse 2.5, an upgraded version of its flagship product designed to monitor and optimize DSL networks. The upgrade includes a trial version of ASSIA Expresse Pro,...

Grand River chooses Zhone MXK for FTTx network

Zhone Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZHNE) says it is working with Grand River Mutual Telephone Corp., Missouri’s second largest independent operator, on a greenfield fiber-optic network that...

Calix joins VDSL vectoring trend

Calix Inc. (NYSE: CALX) is the latest company to announce support of VDSL2 vectoring. At the Calix User Conference in Las Vegas, the company unveiled new VDSL2 line cards for two members of its...