Alcatel-Lucent and Hong Kong Broadband Network Introduce First Carrier-Class GPON in Hong Kong
November 28 2007 - 6:12AM
PR Newswire (US)
HONG KONG, Nov. 28 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Hong Kong Broadband Network
Limited (HKBN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK)
Limited (HKEx: 1137 and Nasdaq: CTEL) announced today the
deployment of the first Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) in
Hong Kong. The collaboration contract also includes network
maintenance. Alcatel-Lucent's Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) solution
will enable HKBN to deliver advanced triple play services to its
subscribers and enlarge its FTTH network coverage in Hong Kong. The
new network is expected to be in service in January 2008. The
demand for advanced multimedia and data services in Hong Kong is
expected to increase substantially in the coming years, driven by
services such as high definition TV (HDTV) and enhanced multimedia
applications. According to the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific,
Europe and North America, Hong Kong is the world leader in
percentage of homes wired with broadband communications over direct
fiber optic connections, followed by South Korea and Japan. HKBN,
the first provider in Hong Kong to launch fiber-to-the-home 100Mbps
and 1Gbps services in 2005, plans to increase its coverage from 1.4
million to 2 million home passed within three years. "After an
intensive trial of Alcatel-Lucent's GPON solution, we are pleased
with the maturity and performance of the technology," said Paul
Cheung, Chief Executive Officer of HKBN. "By leveraging
Alcatel-Lucent's market- leading expertise in FTTH, we will
continue to deploy new and advanced service offerings, providing
seamless and premium connectivity services catering to our
customers' requirements." "We are proud to partner with HKBN
delivering the first GPON network in Hong Kong," said Sean Dolan,
President of Alcatel-Lucent's activities for North East Asia. "We
are committed to the local market, providing our best of breed
solutions and global expertise, helping Hong Kong to maintain its
technology leadership - in this case advance broadband deployment."
Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel-Lucent will deploy the
7342 Intelligent Services Access Manager Fiber-to-the-Home (ISAM
FTTU) solution. The system is designed specifically for
packet-based voice convergence and triple play services and
delivers maximum bandwidth and QoS over a fiber access network. For
full press release, please refer to our home page
http://www.ctigroup.com.hk/en/ . For enquiries, please contact:
Corporate Communications Ms Jessie Cheng Tel: +852-3145-4118 Email:
DATASOURCE: City Telecom (HK) Limited CONTACT: Ms Jessie Cheng of
City Telecom (H.K.) Limited, +852-3145-4118, or Web site:
http://www.ctigroup.com.hk/en
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