BES taps Alloptic to supply Australian FTTH project.(AUSTRALIA)(Broadcast Engineering and Services)(Brief Article)

Asia Pacific Telecom, May, 2005

Broadcast Engineering and Services (BES), a fiber-optic network provider in Australia, has selected Alloptic, a provider of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (GEPON) platforms, as the preferred vendor for BES's FTTH network serving estate developments near the city of Perth. According to a press release, BES expects to bring 4,000 FTTH customers online by the end of 2007.

"Alloptic's standards-based PON architecture and Ethernet-based transport protocol make it the ideal technology for greenfield deployments," remarks Geoff Aldridge, CTO of BES.

"In addition, Alloptic's PON architecture is compatible with all standard outside plant components, allowing us to purchase products from the vendor of our choice, therefore saving considerable...

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