Nokia introduced its second ‘pizza-box’ form optical line terminal (OLT).
The new Quillion-powered Lightspan DF-32GM extends Nokia’s OLT portfolio for multi-gig deployments in low density areas by communication service providers and cable operators. DF-32 will fit into Nokia’s existing multi-gig portfolio which ranges from the very small size unit, the DF-16, to the large MF-14 fit for massive delivery of 25G PON and beyond.
Nokia-designed Quillion chip supports three PON technologies (GPON, XGS-PON, 25G PON) in a single solution.
Geert Heyninck, VP Broadband Networks at Nokia, said: “Operators need complete scale of solutions for any service and any deployment type. One size doesn’t fit all. We are seeing growing interest in small OLT solutions to go further with fiber: rural; other new areas; enterprises; cell site connectivity. Our goal is to bring these different form factors with future proof capacity, high reliability and SDN capabilities.”
Nokia also noted that it now has 250 customers worldwide for its Quillion-based fiber broadband solutions.
