Sunday, July 25, 2004

Fujitsu Access and Metalink Announce 100 Mbps VDSL Plus

Fujitsu Access Limited announced the commercial availability of a VDSL platform capable of delivering 100 Mbps access speeds; The Fujitsu Access platform incorporates Metalink's VDSLPlus chipset, which leverages a 5 band VDSL implementation to enable speeds exceeding 100 Mbps downstream and 50 Mbps upstream. Metalink said its VDSLPlus chipset also offers a migration path to 6-band VDSL, which targets 100 Mbps symmetric communication over copper.



Testing of the Fujitsu Access VDSL-163G system is underway in Japan by major carriers. http://www.access.fujitsu.com/http://www.metalinkbb.com/