Hanaro Telecom wants Alcatel-Lucent's GPON
DECEMBER 13, 2007 -- Korea's Hanaro Telecom (search for Hanaro) has selected Alcatel-Lucent (search for Alcatel-Lucent) to supply GPON equipment for a new FTTH build. Hanaro will use the equipment to offer such broadband services as IPTV, HDTV, video-on-demand (VOD) over "hanaTV", high-speed Internet access, and interactive multimedia services to its 110,000 residential subscribers in Korea.
Hanaro Telecom is the second largest broadband service provider in Korea. It offers Internet data, local calling, long-distance calling, international voice call services, and TV-portal services to 3.69 million broadband subscribers, 2 million voice subscribers, and 700,000 TV-portal subscribers.
"As we embark into the era of IPTV and HDTV, the household demand for high-bandwidth broadband services with the right quality of service is gaining importance. This is something we can deliver by deploying Alcatel-Lucent's GPON solution," said Chan-Woong Park, senior vice president of the Network Technology Unit at Hanaro Telecom. "By partnering with Alcatel-Lucent, we will continue to focus on deploying new and advanced service offerings, providing reliable and premium connectivity services to meet our customers' requirements."
According to Frederic Rose, president of Alcatel-Lucent's business in Europe, Africa, and Asia, "This contract is a key milestone for Alcatel-Lucent, following last year's GPON trial award with Hanaro Telecom. It further strengthens our leading position in the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) market worldwide as well as in the Asia Pacific region, and more specifically in Korea."
Alcatel-Lucent will deploy its 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber-to-the-Unit (ISAM FTTU) gear, which is designed for packet-based voice convergence and IPTV services. Partnering with Sandeul Networks, Alcatel-Lucent will focus on the equipment while Sandeul will provide support service delivery including items such as installation and integration.
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