PON/Systems News

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....

PacketFront divests its CPE business

PacketFront, a provider of access network equipment, says it has sold its customer premises equipment (CPE) business unit to Dutch-based CPE specialist Genexis for an undisclosed sum. The transfer...

Hawaiian Telcom selects Calix for broadband network transformation

Calix Inc. (NYSE: CALX) says Hawaiian Telcom, the largest full-service communications carrier in Hawaii, has selected the Calix Unified Access portfolio for its broadband network transformation...

Mobily deploys FTTH in Saudi Arabia with Zhone Technologies gear

Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE) says Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is deploying Zhone's MXK Optical Line Termination (OLT) as part of a new nationwide GPON...

ADTRAN adds Total Access 1600 platform to FTTH portfolio

ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) says the new Total Access 1600 packs a high-density FTTH punch in a small form factor. The new product line is a family of 1RU form-factor OLTs supporting either GPON or...

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...

Indian Institute of Technology expands GPON network with Alphion

Alphion Corp. says that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur will deploy Alphion’s GPON gear across its Kharagpur campus. The GPON infrastructure will link IIT Kharagpur’s...

UTStarcom to build broadband network for Beijing E-town

UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTSI) has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing BDA Network and Information Co., Ltd. (BBNI) to provide broadband equipment and telecom technology...

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...

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...