Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra  Home         Topics: Main | DSL | Cable | FTTH  | GPON | VDSL2 | DOCSIS 3.0 | IPTV | Set-top Boxes  | Encoders  | Content   | Regulatory Issues  |  Links & Resources | Archive   | Europe  |    Alcatel-Lucent and Neuf Cegetel to extend FTTH in Paris Neuf Cegetel, the leading fixed alternative operator in France, has signed a new frame agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for the deployment of an FTTH network in Paris. Specifically, Alcatel-Lucent's GPON solution will enable Neuf Cegetel to offer very high-speed access and services to more than 100,000 apartments. The project is part of an initiative led by the Paris social housing office OPAC (Office Public d'Aménagement et de Construction) to bridge the digital divide in the French capital. Financial terms were not disclosed. As part of this frame agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will supply and provide project management for the deployment of its 7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber to the User (ISAM FTTU), leveraging GPON technology to multiplex voice, video and data services onto a single fiber and supporting a 2.5 Gbps downstream capacity, the highest bandwidth offered to the mass-market today. The solution is complemented by a range of in-house Alcatel-Lucent optical network terminals (ONTs). Alcatel-Lucent said this contract significantly increases its market strength in GPON, and confirms the company's readiness to engage in the mass deployment of GPON technology. The company noted that it is engaged in over 80 FTTx projects worldwide, over 60 of which are with GPON. http://www.alcatel-lucent.com 01-Jul-08 As of the end of Q1 2008, Neuf Cegetel had 3,294,000 broadband clients, an increase of 70,000 compared to the end of 2007; this includes +100,000 new customers for the Neuf brand and -30,000 customers for the other brands.     Learn How to Get Your Video on this Site Recent Last Mile News Singapore's Next Gen Nationwide Broadband Network Launches 8/31/2010 SingTel Launches Services over NGNBN Fibre 8/31/2010 BT Confirms Selection of Huawei for Next Gen Access 8/26/2010 Occam Supplies Multiservice Access in Indiana 8/25/2010 NTELOS Selects ADTRAN for FTTH 8/24/2010 Australia's NBN Hangs in the Balance 8/23/2010 Lantiq Samples 65nm VDSL2 CO Chipset with Line Bonding 8/23/2010 WildBlue Wins $19M Grant for Rural Satellite Broadband 8/19/2010 North Carolina's Golden LEAF Gains $140 Million in Funding 8/18/2010 PacketFront Employs Mindspeed Processor for Gigabit-to-the Home CPE 8/18/2010 Korea's CJ HelloVision Picks Arris for DOCSIS 3.0 8/17/2010 PMC-Sierra Collaborates with Incognito Software on FTTx for MSOs 8/16/2010 Verizon Tests Gigabit Ethernet Service on FiOS 8/16/2010 Orange's Internet-TV-Phone + Mobile offer in France 8/12/2010 Orckit-Corrigent Gains TSEC for GPON in India 8/9/2010 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton