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Optical Solutions, a vendor of fiber-optic broadband equipment solutions for the last mile, and Taqua, a provider of Class 5 switching, today announced that Optical Solutions' FiberPath 400 fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) system and Taqua's OCX next generation Class 5 switch have been fully tested, with deployment underway by two service providers -- Reedsburg Utility Commission of Wisconsin and LiteStream Technologies of Florida.
"Many vendors claim interoperability, but Reedsburg and LiteStream are already deploying the solution successfully, and reaping the benefits of this proven fiber access platform," said Peter Jew, vice president of marketing at Optical Solutions. "This advanced, flexible switching technology enables service providers to develop a very attractive business case for FTTH implementations in their communities."
The integration of Optical Solutions' FiberPath FTTH system and Taqua's OCX Class 5 switch enables service providers nationwide to roll out new, revenue-generating services to their subscribers via FTTH passive optical networking (PON) technology. The interoperability testing was successfully completed at Taqua's labs in Richardson, Texas. Both FiberPath 400 and Taqua's OCX switch have been accepted by the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and were respectively the first PON-based equipment system and first next-generation Class 5 switch to become RUS listed.
"We're taking advantage of the proven technology of two market leaders by deploying the integrated FiberPath and Taqua FTTH solution to LiteStream's subscribers," said Rick Hager, general manager at LiteStream. "This extraordinarily cost effective platform enables us to offer premier broadband services, and gives us a distinct competitive advantage over other local telecommunications service providers that use technologies such as digital subscriber line (DSL), hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) and wireless local loop."
FiberPath 400 meets the broadband needs of entire communities and is a complete equipment, networking and service solution. At its core is the FiberDrive, located in the central office with the Taqua OCX switch, where voice, data and video signals are converted into optical light signals. These are transported through a passive optical network (PON) to the FiberPoint unit installed at the subscriber's residence or office building. There the signals are converted into electrical signals to deliver "plain old telephone service" (POTS), analog and digital cable TV (CATV) and data for home computing and Ethernet networks.
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