Alcatel-Lucent is helping to deliver fast broadband services to GO, a service provider on the European island nation of Malta. GO offers video, high-speed Internet and voice services throughout the country.
GO turned to ALU because of a need to increase capacity for new applications like peer-to-peer social networking, online video sharing and video gaming. Alcatel-Lucent is providing GO with its portfolio of fiber and copper-based access technologies that will help connect customers in a fast, cost-effective way.
“We are committed to address our customers’ needs for higher bandwidth, faster speeds and enhanced reliability while reusing much of our existing infrastructure, helping reduce our investment costs." Michael Mertsch, CTO at GO said. “Alcatel-Lucent’s expertise is helping us to modernize today’s network with tomorrow’s capabilities."
“Because widespread installation of fiber is a lengthy process, service providers need additional technology options for delivering high-performance bandwidth in a shorter time-frame," said Gianluca Baini, president, Mediterranean Customer Unit at Alcatel-Lucent. “Our High Leverage Network (HLN) architecture supports a mix of advanced copper and fiber technologies such as VDSL2, which is boosting bit rates on existing infrastructures to help service providers enhance their network today and stay ahead of the broadband curve for many years to come. GO will be able to make its service offerings even more attractive and competitive, very quickly while making the best use of its existing investments."
GO will use ALU’s Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) product family, which supports passive optical networking (PON) and DSL technologies on the same platform. GO is already delivering faster broadband services with VDSL2, the advanced copper access technology, and has completed successful lab testing of Gigabit PON (GPON) fiber-based access.
With the ISAM product family, GO can support a mix of FTTx deployment models, giving the company flexibility to choose the quickest, most cost-effective way to meet subscribers’ broadband needs, ALU said.
