French City Deploys Optical Ethernet for Triple Play Services

The City of Pau, France plans to build an open-access, municipal Optical Ethernet network that will allow end users to subscribe to voice, data, and video services. The network will deliver Pau's residents 100Mbps speed access to advanced triple-play services including lnternet access, Voice over IP, 100+ TV channels, and VOD. The city will own the network and rent access to other service providers. The project, which is described as one of the largest residential Ethernet deployments in the world, will initially serve 21,000 homes, with plans to expand to over 70,000 -- or 160,000 residents -- within three years. The network's Optical Ethernet technology will use Ethernet Circuit Emulation Services (CES) for support of TDM traffic.
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