Suo Cable Net selects Alcatel-Lucent for first commercial GPON deployment in Japan

WEBWIRE – Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected by Suo Cable Net, a Japanese cable-TV operator, to design, integrate and deploy a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution. This new network, which will enable Suo Cable Net to begin rolling out high-speed Internet and video services this month, will be the first commercial GPON deployment in Japan. With more than 10 million fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) subscribers, Japan is one of the most advanced countries in terms of high-speed broadband coverage. GPON technology will elevate Japan’s end-user broadband experience, supporting downstream capacities of up to 2.5 Gbps. This will significantly outpace the widely used Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GEPON) 1 Gbps downstream bitrates, enabling much... [read full story]