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Verizon, Calix Deliver 34 Gbps over Fiber using Bonded NG-PON2

Verizon, Calix Deliver 34 Gbps over Fiber using Bonded NG-PON2 Image Credit: Verizon

Verizon and Calix recently achieved 34 Gbps speeds over fiber optic cable through use of a bonded NG-PON2 (Next-Generation Passive Optical Network 2) ONT (Optical Network Terminal) prototype on Verizon’s simplified, increasingly automated fiber network.

In 2018 Verizon announced it began testing NG-PON2 technology. NG-PON2 is the newest standard for Passive Optical Networks (fiber networks that don’t require active amplification due to signal loss).  NG-PON2 technology will provide faster speeds, lower latency, simplification of operations and increased automation in the fiber network.  To achieve those benefits, NG-PON2 technology must be deployed throughout the entire fiber network. 

Last year, Verizon and Calix successfully trialed NG-PON2 on the OLT (Optical Line Terminal) and in this latest demonstration used Calix AXOS systems to deliver multiple Gbps for each of four wavelengths and bond them together at the ONT (Optical Network Terminal.)

To reach 34 Gbps, Verizon and Calix extended intelligence and improved wire speed to the ONT by bonding all four available wavelength channels using software, achieving service data rates in excess of individual wavelength channel capacity. 

T.J. Fox, SVP and President of Verizon Business Markets
These advances will deliver the promise of the cloud for our customers and bring them technology at parity to what previously was only in reach for large enterprises.

Michel Langlois, Chief Development Officer, Calix
The AXOS Intelligent Access Edge simplifies the network, dramatically increases service velocity, and creates the foundation to unify both business and residential services into a single access transport.

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