NEW DELHI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alphion® Corporation announced today that Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), the Indian state-owned telecommunications service provider in the metro cities of Mumbai and Delhi, has selected Alphion GPON technology for the first phase of the deployment of triple-play Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) services in its next generation network.
Alphion offers a full spectrum of broadband access solutions that support complete end-to-end access networks, enabling multiple-play IP based broadband services such as VoIP, high-speed Internet, IPTV, and Video-On-Demand. The Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) product family consists of state-of-the-art Optical Line Terminal (OLT), Optical Network Terminals and passive optical splitters. The Alphion OLT has 40 GPON ports per shelf and supports a unique, low cost fiber path protection architecture particularly well suited for the India market.
“The MTNL FTTP deployment is another testament to our commitment to customer focus, quality, and reliability” commented Dr. Bharat P. Dave, Alphion Chairman, President and CEO. “Alphion continues to be the leading supplier in the nationwide roll-out of FTTH networks in the India Telecom Network.”
Alphion GPON solutions enable the convergence of wireless and wire-line networks as it is suitable not only for distribution of multiple-play voice, high speed Internet, data and video services; it is also ideal for backhaul of WiMax, 2G/3G/4G cellular and future wireless networks. Alphion is displaying its full line of GPON equipment at the FTTH Annual Conference, May 25th and 26th, in New Delhi, India.
ABOUT ALPHION
Alphion Corporation develops, manufactures and markets communications systems, subsystems, integrated and discrete photonic components based on its proprietary QLight® technology platform. Alphion products are sold world wide to service providers and OEMs in the Fiber-to the-Premises (FTTP), telecommunications, CATV, fiber optic sensing, test & measurement, medical imaging, and defense system markets. Alphion offers a growing line of broadband access products, which support complete end-to-end GPON network solutions. The AOLT-4000 Optical Line Terminal, AONT-100/200/300 Optical Network Terminal family, and Passive Optical Splitter family are in full compliance with the International Telecommunications Union’s standard for GPON equipment (ITU-T G.984). This ensures that the Alphion product family meets the stringent carrier-class requirements and interoperates with a broad spectrum of other manufacturers’ GPON equipment. Alphion is a member of both FSAN (www.fsanweb.org) – a consortium of carriers and equipment suppliers developing tomorrow’s broadband network standards and the ITU (www.itu.int). For more information about Alphion and its products, visit www.alphion.com.