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Verizon has selected Calix’s AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Edge System to underpin the project
Verizon has taken steps towards the large scale deployment of its NG-PON2 system in the first quarter of 2018. Verizon has selected Calix’s AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Edge System to underpin the project.
The deployment includes the AXOS RPm (Routing Protocol module for Layer 3) and the AXOS SMm (Subscriber Management module for disaggregated Broadband Network Gateway). By leveraging an always-on, converged services platform, Verizon will deploy a single access network for residential, business, and mobile services. This industry-first use of NG-PON2 technology will help Verizon realise a radical reduction in network operating complexity and costs while enabling the Company to deploy new services with unprecedented speed.
“Several years ago, we determined that we were going to need a better network to meet our growing customers’ demands for bandwidth and higher throughput. We saw that the single wavelength systems (e.g., 10G EPON and XGS-PON) were only possible interim solutions and that we needed a longer term solution. NG-PON2 is a platform that will meet the customers’ envisioned needs for the next decade or more given its many evolution paths as well as bringing many operational benefits to simplify the network. It represents a paradigm shift in the design of access networks,” said Vincent O’Byrne, director of technology planning at Verizon.
“NG-PON2, allows us to converge our many service networks into a single unified intelligent network, and simplify our operating model by integrating the OLT and subscriber management system.”
“We also need to drastically shorten the time it takes to deploy new services,” added Lee Hicks, vice-president of technology at Verizon.
“The best way to achieve these goals is through leveraging breakthrough technologies like NG-PON2 and the automation of manual functions across the network. Innovative partners like Calix are enabling us to leap frog the competition and consolidate multiple network elements into one platform and automate many of our most critical network functions. We are excited to now begin this transformation, starting in Tampa, Florida and expanding into other markets.”
With the inclusion of the industry’s first compliant NG-PON2 optics, the AXOS E9-2 Intelligent Edge System now delivers on the promise of software defined, converged networks.
Rajesh Yadav, chief architect at Verizon will be speaking on the implementation of NG-PON2 at this year’s Gigabit Access event. Click here for a full agenda and to find out how you can be part of the show.
