G.fast paves way for an industry breakthrough, enabling broadest
possible deployments of Gigabit services
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2014--
ADTRAN®,
Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), a leading provider of next-generation
networking solutions, today announced they welcomed the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU), a United Nations specialized agency for
information and communication technologies, and its Telecommunication
Standardization Sector (ITU-T), for a meeting at its corporate
headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. The group that met was “Study Group
15 Question 4”, which is the group that is developing important DSL
standards such as G.fast and VDSL2. As the first meeting set after the
consent of the G.fast draft standard last December, 20 industry leaders
– including representatives from AT&T, BT, Deutsche Telekom, Swisscom,
CenturyLink and Orange – were tasked to advance the ITU-T G.9701
standard, commonly known as G.fast. After the week-long meeting of
operators and vendors, it appears likely that the standard will be
approved by year-end.
With the drive for widespread commercial deployments of Gigabit
residential broadband services, as well as 100Mbps regulatory goals
being set by the U.S. government and European Union, the vision for
lightning fast broadband everywhere is becoming less of an industry
dream and more of a reality. As more service providers look to offer
ultra-broadband services surpassing 100Mbps and approaching Gigabit
speeds, ADTRAN and other organizations, like ITU-T, are looking at the
most economically feasible means to accelerate premium services to the
broadest target market possible. The last segment of fiber right-of-way
– trenched under a street or yard, pulled through home walls or up
building ducts and risers – can be expensive and time consuming. The
G.fast standard is directed at this Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH)
architecture challenge.
ADTRAN is leading the way for service providers to accelerate Gigabit
services by leveraging G.fast in the last 300 meters. With emerging
fiber deployment architectures known as Fiber-to-the-distribution-point
(FTTdp) or Fiber-to-the-Building (FTTB), ADTRAN G.fast solutions allow
service providers to use the existing local wiring for houses and
apartments to deliver ultra broadband services that stack up nicely
against alternative LTE-A, DOCSIS 3.1 and point-to-point FTTH deployment
models. By eliminating the highest cost areas of deployment, service
providers can not only deliver the very best experience for subscribers,
but improve the profitability of their business. As one of the early
developers of G.fast solutions, ADTRAN is giving service providers the
opportunity to offer differentiated services today. Customers can take
advantage of a variety of FTTH deployment options, including an
innovative suite of FTTB Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) Optical Networking
Units (ONU) to deliver ultra broadband services into these hard to reach
areas.
“ADTRAN was honored to host the ITU-T Study Group 15 Question 4
standards meeting. In our work with service providers around the world,
we see first-hand the benefit of this type of collaborative effort in
shaping the standardization and adoption of new technologies,” said Dr.
Kevin Schneider, chief technology officer, ADTRAN. “By helping
standardize G.fast and proving out FTTdp deployment models, ADTRAN is
helping service providers effectively expand their fiber service
rollouts.”
In addition to its work with the ITU-T G.9701, ADTRAN is heavily
involved with other industry groups defining FTTdp architecture and
standards. These include ETSI TM6 in the area of reverse powering; ITU-T
Study Group 15 Question 2 for work on standardization of the
provisioning of PON-fed distribution point equipment; the Broadband
Forum with their efforts in FTTdp architecture, management and
interoperability standards; and the Celtic-Plus HFCC/G.fast project.
ADTRAN also participates in FSAN, UK NICC, MEF and ATIS.
To learn more about Gigabit service delivery, please visit these URLs
for resources about G.fast
and FTTdp.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data, video
and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures.
ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service providers, private
enterprises, government organizations, and millions of individual users
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.adtran.com.
Source: ADTRAN, Inc.
Connect2 Communications for ADTRAN, Inc.
Ashley Baster, 919-435-9112
ashley@connect2comm.com