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Alca-Lu to power M-net’s fibre access network

By Team Diginews4u ⋅ March 1, 2009 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a multi-million Euro contract by the Munich-based regional network operator M-net, to deploy the first extensive fibre access network in Munich.

The comany informed that in the future, additional Bavarian cities will be connected to M-net’s high-speed access network that consists of a mixed fibre-to-the-building (FTTB)/fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) architecture.

Alcatel-Lucent will begin installing in March 2009. Initially, the Munich-based network will support data rates of up to 100 Mbps, thus enabling future services such as IPTV, the company said. In addition to high-speed internet access and telephony, M-net intends to provide cable TV services over its fibre infrastructure as well.

Alcatel-Lucent’s solution includes its GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) access platform – the Alcatel-Lucent 7342 ISAM FTTU – and is complemented by the Alcatel-Lucent 5520 AMS and Alcatel-Lucent 5529 OAD management products.

For in-house usage, a range of the company’s optical network termination (ONT) units and residential gateways will be provided. For the FTTB piece, it will rely on existing copper wiring in buildings, using so-called multi-dwelling unit ONTs to translate the optical signal into VDSL2, Alca Lu added.

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Tags: Fibre, IPTV, TV