Nokia and Frontier Communications on Tuesday announced they have completed what they say is the U.S.’s first-ever trial of 25G PON broadband technology. PON, or Passive Optical Network is the technology used to provide blazing-fast broadband to customers over fiber-optic cables. The two companies will continue trials on Frontier’s network while planning for commercial deployment in the second half of 2022.
Nokia said its 25G PON technology allows Frontier to use its current fiber-optic network to easily provide increased bandwidth for consumers and enterprise customers. Since all of Frontier’s platforms – GPON, XGS-PON and 25G PON – operate on different wavelengths, they can co-exist on the same fiber, avoiding the capital expense of building a parallel network.
Veronica Bloodworth, Frontier’s Chief Network Officer, said: “Successfully completing the first U.S. trial of the country’s fastest fiber broadband is a critical step in offering a competitive advantage for Frontier and our customers. We already have one of the largest XGS-PON networks in the country and this technology will ensure our network will continue to offer the fastest, most technologically advanced broadband service available.”
Sandy Motley, President Fixed Networks, at Nokia said: “The beauty of fiber is its almost limitless capacity. We’re proud to support Frontier as it makes this transition to 2.5-times higher speeds simply by the addition of new optics. The key to making this work is Nokia’s Quillion chip, which provides a solution that supports three generations of PON technology from a single platform already in the Frontier network.”
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