Alcatel-Lucent's GPON FTTH solution chosen by Hanaro Telecom

Internet Business News, Dec 14, 2007

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Communications solutions provider Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris:ALU) (NYSE:ALU) announced on Thursday (13 December) that it has been selected by Hanaro Telecom, a broadband service provider in Korea, to supply its Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution.

Alcatel-Lucent's GPON solution is expected to enable Hanaro Telecom to deliver advanced broadband services, such as IPTV, high-definition television (HDTV), video-on-demand (VOD) over 'hanaTV', high-speed Internet access and interactive multimedia services to its 110,000 residential subscribers in Korea.

Under the terms of the contract, Alcatel-Lucent will deploy the 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fibre-to-the-Home (ISAM FTTU) solution, which enables IP converged triple play services by offering maximum bandwidth and QoS over a fibre access network. It allows service providers to offer multimedia services such as high-speed data, IPTV, VoIP, or video services to its subscribers. The solution utilises GPON technology and can deliver any combination of voice, video or data over a single fibre that terminates at the subscriber's premise with each PON line supporting 2.5Gb/s downstream.

In partnership with Sandeul Networks, Alcatel-Lucent will focus on the equipment, while its business partner will dedicate its support on service delivery, including items such as installation and integration.

No financial details were disclosed.

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