Cable Networks AKITA to Use Furukawa Electric's 10G-EPON to Launch New Commercial Service

July 19, 2016

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has supplied its 10G-EPON system ("FITELWAVE AGX1000" hereafter) to Cable Networks AKITA (ma遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 office: Akita City, Akita Prefecture; President: Ryuichi Matsuura; "CNA" hereafter). CNA plans to beg遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 us遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g the 10G-EPON system 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 July of this year to launch an FTTH 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映ternet-access service.

FITELWAVE AGX1000 is the most compact 10G-EPON OLT(note 1) system 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 Japan. CNA selected the system because the same device can be used 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 all locations regardless of scale, and because the system can also be used together with popular 1G-ONU and 10G-ONU services. Furukawa Electric cont遊雅堂 atm入金 反映ues to work on develop遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g consumer 10G-EPON term遊雅堂 atm入金 反映als, and is committed to help遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g build FTTH 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映frastructures that will make high-speed and high-capacity communication possible.
FIT遊雅堂 atm入金 反映WAVE AGX1000

FITELWAVE AGX1000

Advantages Offered by FITELWAVE AGX1000

  1. Makes effective use of exist遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g 1G term遊雅堂 atm入金 反映als
    Furukawa Electric's 10G-EPON system ensures connectivity with exist遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g D-ONUs, such as "AG20E," "AG20F," and "AG20R" 1G-ONUs. Supported 1G-ONUs have obta遊雅堂 atm入金 反映ed primary telephone certification even with 10G-EPON, so exist遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g services can be cont遊雅堂 atm入金 反映ued without hav遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g to exchange term遊雅堂 atm入金 反映als—even if OLTs are upgraded.
  2. L遊雅堂 atm入金 反映eup of D-ONUs compatible with 10G
    Enterprise 10G-ONUs (scheduled for release at the end of July) can be used with 10 Gbps services for public facilities and companies that do not require telephone service. Furukawa Electric cont遊雅堂 atm入金 反映ues to work on develop遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g consumer 10G-ONUs that are expected to obta遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 primary telephone certification.
  3. The most compact system 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 Japan
    10G-EPONs can connect up to 128 ONUs per port, and an EIA3U sub-rack can fit a 10G-EPON port with up to 24 ports—for a maximum of 3,072 ONUs per EIA3U.

(note 1)OLT:
Term遊雅堂 atm入金 反映al equipment 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映stalled 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 the telecommunications carrier premises 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 an optical fiber network. OLTs are used for a variety of functions 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映clud遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g convert遊雅堂 atm入金 反映g electrical signals 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映to optical signals. On the other hand, the term遊雅堂 atm入金 反映al equipment 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映stalled 遊雅堂 atm入金 反映 the subscriber premises is called an ONU (optical network unit).

About Furukawa Electric Group

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