Hitachi Unveils FTTx Solutions for North America

Hitachi Telecom (USA) introduced an FSAN compliant B-PON system for the North American market. Hitachi's "triple play" B-PON delivers 622 Mbps in the downstream direction and 155 Mbps upstream. The ITU-T G.983 compliant architecture uses WDM technology to implement bi-directional transmission over a single optical fiber. It supports 10/100Mbps Ethernet services (data, VPN, Internet access, VoIP), POTS and video that accommodate current standard set top boxes and HDTV (in the future). It also features a patent pending RF return capability.


Hitachi has deployed more than 200,000 PON and Point-to-Point systems since 1994 throughout Asia, with orders expected to reach 300,000 worldwide by the end of the year.


Separately, Hitachi Telecom (USA) and Wave7 Optics announced a working relationship to combine core competencies in fiber access technology. The companies have already collaborated on a "triple play" B-PON solution in response to the interest in FTTx generated by the RBOCs.
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