Recently, Swisscom and Huawei have announced Together they have completed the world’s first 50G PON service verification on Swisscom’s fiber network, demonstrating Swisscom’s continued innovation and leadership in fiber broadband technologies and services.
This is also a new milestone for long-term joint innovation after Swisscom and Huawei completed the world’s first 50G PON technology verification in 2020.
It has become an industry consensus that broadband networks are moving toward all-optical access. The main technology is GPON/10G PON. In recent years, the rapid development of various new services, such as AR/VR, and various cloud applications, promote the evolution of optical access technologies. The ITU-T officially approved the first version of the PON 50G standard in September 2021.
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Currently, PON 50G has been regarded as the main standard of next-generation PON technology throughout the industry chain, such as industry standards organizations, operators, and equipment vendors. The 50G PON can be used in various application scenarios, such as governments, enterprises, households, and industrial parks.
It has become an industry consensus that broadband networks are moving towards all-optical access.
50G PON technology and service verification by Swisscom and Huawei are based on the existing access platform and standards-compliant wavelength specifications. The 50G PON service coexists with the 10G PON service in Swisscom’s live optical network, demonstrating the stable high rate and low latency of 50G PON in high-speed Internet access and IPTV services. This indicates that the 50G PON technology system can coexist with the PON network and support smooth evolution, laying a solid foundation for the large-scale deployment of 50G PON in the future.
This verification test is a key step in leading the direction of the next generation industry, joint technology innovation and exploration of application scenarios.
Markus Reber, Director of Networks at Swisscom, said: “As a leading ICT company in Switzerland, Swisscom has closely followed the latest technical solutions. Our cooperation with Huawei in 50G PON shows us the future evolution direction of fiber broadband, and helps us improve user experience and accelerate enterprise digital transformation with leading networks. Swisscom’s network is thus prepared for the latest possibilities of digital Switzerland.”
Feng Zhishan, President of Huawei Optical Access Product Line, said: “Huawei will leverage its continuous R&D investment in 50G PON technologies to help Swisscom build advanced optical access networks, provide world-class network connections for households and businesses, and lead the development of the industry.”
