Nokia announces industry’s first 25G PON sealed fiber access node for cable operators

Nokia has announced the availability of its 25G PON cable solution with the industry's first sealed fiber access node for cable operators across the world. The Lightspan SF-8M 25G PON cable solution can be installed anywhere and supports various power options.

Based on the Nokia Quillion chipset, the Lightspan SF-8M high-throughput, power-efficient, low-latency remote sealed remote Optical Line Terminal (OLT) is ideal for residential, business, and mobile transport services. Lightspan SF-8M supports eight GPON, XGS-PON, or multi-PON ports, or four 25G PON ports, enabling cable operators to quickly respond to increased bandwidth demand or competitive threats.

Commenting on this development, Mark Klimek, North America Business Center Head for Fixed Networks at Nokia, said, "Gigabit speeds are becoming the new normal, and operators are realizing that their fiber-to-the-home networks can be used for more than residential broadband. The ability to quickly deploy a remote FTTH node, and deliver GPON, 10G PON, and 25G PON-based services over the same network allows operators to nimbly go after new opportunities and beat competition."

According to Nokia, its Lightspan SF-8M delivers unmatched capacity to address growing bandwidth demand. 25G PON opens the door to new services including true symmetrical 10 Gb/s enterprise services, mobile transport, and network slicing/wholesaling, more cost-effectively than point-to-point Ethernet networks,

Small, remote OLTs can also facilitate a more targeted approach to Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) upgrades than large centralized OLTs, allowing FTTP upgrades only where necessary and potentially saving costs.

A live demonstration of the Nokia 25G PON Lightspan SF-8M sealed fiber access node will be held at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo located in Denver, CO, October 16-19.