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To: tech101 who wrote (272)	9/13/2003 4:55:51 PM
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Vendors Team Up to Advance FTTX 11 September 2003 US network equipment vendor ADC has teamed up with Sumitomo Electric Lightwave and Preformed Line Products (PLP) to develop and engineer a fiber-to-the-premises (FTTX) connectivity system for use in major telecom networks. The FTTX offering is designed to help service providers as they start to deploy fiber further into metro and residential neighborhoods. ADC will supply its fiber connectivity equipment, including hardened outdoor cabinets, fiber-termination storage and splicing, and fiber connectorization. Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, the North American operation of Sumitomo Electric Industries, will provide fiber cable, including feeder, distribution and drop cable, as well as passive optical components connectorized with ADC products. PLP, a US manufacturer of products for network construction and maintenance, will contribute the access terminals and splice closures needed in any FTTX deployment. "This is a tremendous leap in helping carriers deliver fiber services, not just to the edge of the network, but to the home, business and other locations," claimed Pat O'Brien, president of ADC's Connectivity Business Unit. "Our work with Sumitomo and PLP has enabled us to combine engineering efforts, field experience and product expertise to deliver the best fiber connectivity solution for FTTX deployments at a very competitive cost." "Service providers must [design] their FTTX network right first time to minimize capital expenses while ensuring a network that will last well into the future," added Fred McDuffee, president for Sumitomo Electric Lightwave. "By combining our products, we now offer the most comprehensive fiber-to-the-home solution available. This is truly a complete end-to-end offering that solves every passive equipment need that exists in an FTTX deployment." •Meanwhile, at the NFOEC conference in Orlando, Florida, US fiber and component manufacturer OFS and Alloptic, a passive optical network (PON) specialist, demonstrated what they claim is the first extended-reach FTTX Ethernet PON. Using OFS's Access ADVANTAGE system and Alloptic's GigaForce products, the collaboration extended the reach of the EPON to 16 km, 60% longer than conventional EPON solutions. The set-up used Alloptic's EdgeGEAR 2000 Chassis connected to its HomeGEAR Ultra, over 16 km of the Access ADVANTAGE cabling system. Applications include broadcast analog video at 1550 nm, Internet Protocol data, and two-way live voice using time-division multiplexing (TDM) at 1490 and 1310 nm. The voice capability is provided by Alloptic's voice TDM technology, which offers carrier-grade voice reliability, along with high-bandwidth data and video over the EPON. The Access ADVANTAGE is a complete FTTX cabling system that leverages OFS's zero-water-peak AllWave fiber cable, as well as low-loss splitters and LC connections, to reduce channel-insertion loss. OFS says that this conserves up to 3.5 dB of optical power compared with conventional cabling systems and enables the 60% longer reach. Alloptic claims that its GigaForce system solves the last-mile bottleneck that currently limits widespread broadband deployment. Using pure Ethernet-based PON technology, Alloptic delivers 1 Gbit/s of symmetrical bandwidth to subscribers for voice, data and advanced video services. "We are pleased to be working with OFS on these pioneering achievements in EPON technology," said Mike Moone, Alloptic's president and CEO. "By extending the reach of our unprecedented bandwidth, we are able to offer the industry's most complete range of voice, video and data services to even more end-users. This translates directly to more revenue opportunity for service providers." By Tami Freeman, technology editor, FibreSystems magazine group. fibers.org