Tellabs Ceases Verizon GPON Efforts; Adtran Adds GPON Option

“Although they are later to market than much of their competition, they believe (in their own words) that their GPON solution is hitting the market at the right time. I would agree,” said Mastrangelo.

Others, such as Hitachi Telecom, are also hoping all large customer doors are not closed.

Adtran also has been looking to broaden its horizons well beyond top-tier telcos and large regional providers, according to Morgan. “In the last couple of years, we’ve been trying to expand into non traditional markets like MSOs and utility companies. Knology is our biggest example to date.”

The multiservice abilities of the Total Access 5000 allow for the support of native Ethernet services like GPON from the same platform used to support POTS, DSL, services based on copper bonding technology, ATM and older copper services.

Adtran on Wednesday announced a GPON blade for its Total Access 5000 multi-service and aggregation system that lets carriers support up to 1,500 customers from one chassis.

The GPON module delivers 2.5gbps to each optical line terminal (OLT) port. The 5000 can reside in central offices, and in remote terminals typically located closer to the business or residential customers. It’s shipping now, but Adtran would not divulge pricing.

Mastrangelo called the 5000 one of the most well-rounded multiservice access platforms on the market.

The 5000 features 21 card slots which can support an equal number of OLTs or 42 GPON using a two-port modules. Morgan said its current customers include AT&T, Verizon, Qwest and Embarq as well as regional operators and Knology, a cableco.

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