March 30, 2006 Stockholm, Sweden -- PacketFront, a provider of open access FTTH and broadband aggregation technology, signed a frame agreement with OpenNet, the communications operator to Svenska Bostader, a Swedish real estate company. Worth 40 million SEK ($5 million USD), the agreement comprises 20,000 Swedish households and will run over the next two years.
Since 2003, OpenNet has been supplying broadband services to Svenska Bostäder, who has a vision of delivering open access broadband networks which offer competition and freedom of service choice to its 30,000 households. The frame agreement with PacketFront is to supply fiber to the homes, allowing tenants to easily choose among triple-play services provider's.
The PacketFront FTTH platform is based on the company's BECS control and provisioning system, as well as its access routers and customer premises equipment. The company says its BECS system makes it possible for operators to build and run fully automated broadband networks with self-provisioning capabilities. These capabilities in turn give users the option to choose services for themselves without having to wait for a third party to make changes, according to the company.
"Now that we are expanding our network, we are very excited about going into partnership with PacketFront," comments Calle Norberg of OpenNet. "We hope to extend this co-operation with PacketFront in the future, enabling us to offer more and more Swedish households the ability to choose the best priced and most custom-tailored solutions available."
"The services offered by operators are of increasing complexity and the need for automation and provisioning mirrors this development," concludes Per-Olof Stark, VP sales, EMEA city carriers, at PacketFront. "Using PacketFront's technology, our clients can continue to offer more and more complex services, while we help them lower their operational expenditure."