TeliaSonera has conducted trials using Huawei G.fast copper broadband technology, at FTTH. This will enable the telecom operator to offer up to 1Gbps bandwidth.
The solution has been deployed in the TeliaSonera network in Helsinki, Finland with live customers and delivering real services.
With this technology, TeliaSonera can provide up to 1Gbps bandwidth to customers connected by the legacy copper network, improving the customer experience of fixed network broadband services such as TV.
Huawei said G.FAST technology is a faster version of DSL which can offer speeds of 1Gbps over a distance of up to 250 meters using copper – further on enhancing the capability and speed of rolling out ultra-high speed broadband connections to TeliaSonera’ s customers together with continuous fiber deployments.
Beside current needs, TeliaSonera’s field trial demonstrates that the G.FAST technology addresses the bandwidth demand of future broadband and video services, such as 4KTV, which is 4 times resolution of HDTV and consumes 100Mbps bandwidth per channel.
“We continue to drive innovation to provide the best experience for our customers and build the digital society. The technology to deliver ultra-high-speed broadband connections over old copper lines makes it possible for us to improve the experience for more customers faster and thus making the most of our copper network,” said Isto Pasanen, head of Consumer Services in Networks at TeliaSonera.
