Friday, June 15, 2007

ATT Selects GPON Vendors

ATT has selected Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson to supply GPON systems for its U-verse IPTV service. The company plans to use GPON in new greenfield builds starting in 2008. It will use VDSL FTTN systems where it is over building its current network.

Deploying fiber is about the same cost as copper in a new build. Operation and maintenance costs are significantly lower, so choosing fiber for new builds makes a lot of sense. However, given the slow rate of the U-verse rollout, I do not expect to see the company roll out GPON at a high rate.

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