NOVEMBER 6, 2006 -- Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc. (search for Hitachi Telecom) today announced that the its single family/small business optical network terminal (ONT), the AMN1220 GST, has been certified by the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA). Hitachi says its ONT is the first GPON ONT to be certified by MoCA.
The combination of GPON and MoCA allows service providers to maximize revenue potential by offering new and enhanced services using the high bandwidth and applications flexibility provided by GPON and by encouraging subscriber adoption of these services using the MoCA in-home networking solution, say Hitachi representatives.
The MoCA (search for MoCA) organization develops and promotes specifications for the transport of digital entertainment and information content over in-home coaxial cable. Within a residence, the MoCA standard establishes a "MoCA LAN" between MoCA-enabled devices, supporting bi-directional communications among the devices.
"Hitachi's GPON ONT certification confirms the momentum that MoCA has gathered," contends MoCA president Ladd Wardani. "We are now seeing leading-edge products like Hitachi's GPON system being developed with MoCA in mind and with certification being completed early in the product lifecycle."
"Hitachi continues to provide technological leadership in the FTTP arena," adds David Foote, chief technology officer of Hitachi Telecom (USA) Inc. "The AMN1220 was the first full-rate GPON system to be commercially deployed in North America, and now, with MoCA certification of our single-family ONT, we can offer service providers a simple way to solve the internal home wiring issues that are frequently an obstacle to cost-effective broadband deployment."
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