Nortel, LG-Nortel unveil first-to-market WDM-PON solution at BBWF
Today as part of the Broadband World Forum (BBWF) event in Brussels, Nortel and LG-Nortel today unveiled a new Ethernet Access solution based on WDM-PON technology. The solution is globally available now, and today’s news also included the announcement of a new service provider customer for the solution in the Netherlands — UNET.
WDM-PON is a “first mile” technology (or “last mile” depending on your perspective), which is the part of the network closest to the customer that actually connects the service provider network to the end home or business. Like other PON technologies (Passive Optical Network), WDM-PON uses fiber (instead of traditional copper lines) to provide high-speed access. But unlike …
