Chinese telecom network maker Huawei announced that it rolled out 100 millionth FTTH terminal (an ONT) from the production line.
Huawei, which competes with ZTE, said the company is the first telecom equipment vendor to achieve shipment volume of 100 million FTTH terminals.
The milestone follows Huawei’s investment in FTTH technology innovations and launching E2E FTTH solutions. Huawei will continue to innovate and promote the development of the FTTH industry, helping customers achieve business success.
Huawei and FTTH milestones
2007
Huawei released an ONT chip with intellectual property rights and deployed the world’s first commercial large-scale FTTH network in United Arab Emirates
2008
Huawei and Verizon jointly carried out the world’s first 10G PON test.
2009
Huawei became the first vendor that deployed over 1 million FTTH terminals.
2010
Huawei, together with China Telecom, Portugal Telecom, and Etisalat UAE, completed the world’s first commercial deployment of 10G PON MDUs.
2011
Huawei released the industry’s first commercial 40G TWDM PON prototype and became the first vendor that delivered more than 10 million ONTs.
2013
Huawei deployed the industry’s first 10G PON ONT first office application (FOA) site for British Telecommunications.
2014
Huawei released the industry’s first intelligent ONT that supports the smart home service and signed a deal with Shanghai Research Institute of China Telecom in smart home network development.
2015
Huawei cooperated with China Unicom, Beltelecom in developing IoT-oriented smart home solution.
According to an OVUM analysts report, Huawei has secured the top place in FTTH terminal shipment in consecutive seven years.
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