Month: January 2013

China Telecom chooses Alcatel-Lucent PON for Fibre Cities project China Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext and NYSE: ALU) to supply PON equipment for its “Broadband China, Fibre Cities” project. The project aims to supply more than 26 million people in unserved and under-served areas of...

EPB, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs partner for smart grid via FTTH EPB, the electric power distributor in Chattanooga, TN, that made waves last year by offering 1-Gbps services over its new GPON FTTH network, has strengthened its ties with its GPON equipment supplier, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris...

ZTE to power BelTelecom GPON FTTH national broadband network ZTE Corp. says it will supply GPON fiber to the home (FTTH) equipment for BelTelecom’s national broadband network project in Belarus. The multi-phase project will cover all the seven regions of the country, including the capital...

Alcatel-Lucent touts GPON win with China Unicom Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it is not just any supplier, but the largest supplier to China Unicom’s fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband deployment in China. The firm will supply GPON equipment to 29 provinces...

Calix scores two broadband stimulus deals in Iowa Calix Inc. (NYSE:CALX) has announced two more broadband stimulus award winners who will use gear from the systems house in their new projects. Winnebago Cooperative Telecom Association (WCTA) and Breda Telephone Corp. (DBA Western Iowa Networks), both...

Silver Star opts for Calix E7 for two broadband stimulus projects Calix Inc. (NYSE:CALX) says that Silver Star Telephone Co. has selected its EXA Powered Calix E7 Ethernet Services Access Platform (ESAP) for a pair of broadband stimulus projects, one in northern Wyoming and the...

ZTE UK and Gigaclear deliver broadband to rural communities ZTE Corp. has signed a frame agreement with privately owned Gigaclear Ltd. to bring high-speed broadband to selected rural communities in the UK. This partnership sees ZTE provide Gigaclear with the core network equipment necessary to...

France Telecom-Orange, Free call rural FTTH truce In a sign that the often contentious French fiber to the home (FTTH) market may be calming, France Telecom-Orange has signed an agreement with rival Free that will allow Free to access France Telecom-Orange’s rural FTTH infrastructure.France Telecom-Orange...

Home Communications chooses Clearfield for FTTH fiber management Home Communications Inc. (HCI) has chosen Clearfield, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLFD) to supply fiber management equipment for a fiber to the home (FTTH) project in Kansas. The project, partially funded through the broadband stimulus program, will see more than...

Clearfield products used in Venture Communications FTTH project Broadband stimulus award winner Venture Communications Cooperative teamed up with Clearfield, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLFD) in an FTTH deployment that will serve a trio of communities in north central South Dakota and span more than 900 square miles. The...