ADTRAN on Wednesday unveiled a new breakthrough network architecture at Broadband World Forum in Paris.
Service providers around the world are seeking to deploy high-bandwidth solutions throughout their networks to achieve national objectives, global broadband competitiveness and to enable new and exciting applications and services.
FTTH has been a successful solution for potentially addressing up to 30 to 50 percent of the homes in many networks; however, the cost and deployment time for FTTH solutions limits availability in many serving areas.
In addition, service providers are facing greater competition from cable operators who are rolling out 100 Mbps service using DOCSIS 3.0.
New service architectures and solutions are required to deliver extremely fast broadband service, accelerated deployment and game-changing economics. Ultra Broadband Ethernet addresses this need and unleashes new performance capabilities.
"Communications Service Providers around the globe must find a cost-effective means to compete with MSOs and cable companies in the delivery of high-speed (100 Mbps and greater) services," said David Emberley, research manager, IDC.
"ADTRAN's Ultra Broadband Ethernet approach offers an alternative to traditional access infrastructure designs that lowers the CSP's operational and capital expenditure to deliver advanced services, while accelerating revenue and increasing ARPU."
This new Ethernet-based architecture and associated products will initially deliver a 100 Mbps symmetrical broadband service scaling to 1 Gbps with ultra-low power requirements and low latency characteristics resulting in unmatched performance for the subscriber.
This allows users to enjoy the latest applications and content without delays, and enables ultra-high performance even with user-generated content and gaming applications.