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Nokia Bell Labs Demos 10G PON for Mobile Fronthaul With XGS-PON, operators can reuse existing FTTH or FTTB deployments to meet the latency constraints and capacity demands for mobile transport in 4G, 5G and Internet of Things networks, according to a proof-of-concept by Nokia Bell Labs. This underscores the vital role fiber plays in wireless networks, especially in the support of widely anticipated 5G networks that are predicted to generate $250 billion in revenue by 2025, according to ReportsnReports. The demonstration used a commercial NG-PON solution to convey ultra-low latency Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) streams across one standard fiber that ran between the baseband unit and remote radio head, Nokia Bell Labs reported. The proof-of-concept reveals a cost-effective way to support mobile fronthaul and latency-sensitive services, according to Nokia Bell Labs. The deployment of 10Gbit/s NG-PON further supports operators' transition to one network versus three separate networks -- one for residential customers, one for business and one for mobile, the demo showed. "I've often said that the world is going wireless but wireless is going fixed. This Bell Labs demonstration is another example, successfully showing how fixed access technologies can be used to support mobile deployments," said Federico Guillén, president of Nokia's Fixed Networks business group, in a statement. "Mobile environments that may have traditionally relied on dedicated transport networks to connect cell sites to their core networks can now use existing fiber access networks as an alternative. The massive scale, capacity and coverage of fiber access networks make them a perfect match to support 5G." Related posts:
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In a flurry of activity throughout the week, Donald (DJ) LaVoy, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the US Department of Agriculture, and his team spent about $145.8 million in the non-urban or suburban areas of seven states.
Calix reported revenue of $120.19 million – up 4% – in Q4 2019, putting a bounce in the step of company president and CEO Carl Russo and a shine to Calix's ongoing transition from hardware vendor to a provider of platforms enabled by cloud, APIs and subscriber experience.
Looking to curtail e-waste and improve the bottom line, BT will require customers to return routers and set-top boxes, although subscribers will not have to pay a fee when they receive regular broadband equipment.
The industry standards organization is looking to ease operator pain from residential WiFi, while it also sees initiatives in connected home and other projects bear fruit.
Deploying DOCSIS 3.1 across its entire footprint gave Rogers Communications the ability to offer speeds of up to 1 Gbit/s,
contributing to a broadband segement that generated about 60% of the Canadian operator's $3.05 billion (US) in Q4 cable earnings.
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