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March 28, 2005 - First “Single-Fiber” Triple Play FTTP Network in Japan Now
Operational
Joint project between Wave7 Optics and Yagi Antenna, Inc.
completed for Izumo Cable Vision and Taki-Cho Municipality
Atlanta, Ga. – March 28, 2005 -- Wave7 Optics Inc., the world’s leading supplier
of point-to-multipoint Ethernet FTTP (fiber-to-the-premises) systems for
residential and business services, today announced the completion of the first
“single-fiber” FTTP network providing the triple play of voice, RF video and
data services in Japan. Single-fiber systems such as Wave7’s “Last Mile Link”
equipment are less expensive to deploy and maintain than dual-fiber systems,
which load upstream and downstream traffic onto separate fibers.
Undertaken as a joint project between the municipality of Taki-Cho (Shimane
prefecture) and Izumo Cable Vision in October 2004, the $6.2M project covers a
region of 44 sq. km and now connects more than 1300 homes. This figure
represents more than 90 percent of the municipality’s homes and all Taki-Cho
residents will be connected soon. The municipality and Izumo embarked upon this
project because, for one reason, most of the region is in a “blind spot” to
terrestrial digital broadcast television.
Current services include 35 television and two FM radio channels, symmetrical
high-speed Internet connections, an interactive community teletext system and
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony based on the latest version of SIP
(Session Initiation Protocol) and its extensions, which means Izumo can offer
the full complement of telephone features such as call forwarding, caller ID and
“follow me.” The Last Mile Link also supports MGCP and NCS (Media Gateway
Control Protocol and Network-based Call Signaling).
“Taki Cho is one of our most strategic overseas deployments to date and we look
forward to providing the support Izumo and Yagi need in the years ahead,” said
Emmanuel Vella, Chief Marketing Officer of Wave7 Optics. “Izumo opted to deploy
an FTTP network as opposed to a more conventional HFC system because FTTP is
getting closer to HFC in terms of economics, but far exceeds it in performance
and bandwidth to accommodate more services. All of the data we’ve collected thus
far in the project validates Izumo’s expectations.”
Yagi is responsible for the deployment of Wave7’s “Last Mile Link” network
equipment (from central office to customer premises) and the rest of the FTTP
infrastructure, including the multi-layer switches, SIP server and video headend
equipment.
“We are pleased to help Izumo achieve this milestone,” said Hirofumi Higuchi,
Board Director and General Manager of Ohmiya Works. “The Last Mile Link meets
both Izumo’s and Yagi’s high quality and reliability standards. We are breaking
new ground in Japan with Wave7’s technology, which provides subscribers with a
powerful mix of services and bandwidth capability.”
About Wave7 Optics
Wave7 Optics has established itself as an industry leader
in optical broadband access systems with an expanding FTTP product portfolio
featuring a variety of architectural options, based on Ethernet and IP or ATM
standards, for "triple play" voice, video and data services. The company's
patented Last Mile Link system is rapidly gaining market share around the world
with service providers in the IOC, CLEC, MSO, municipal, real estate development
and utility categories.
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