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) have announced 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 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, CEO 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.
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