NEWS
Altibox consolidates hubs
and delivers all-IP services to
DOCSIS and cable customers
N okia has announced that Altibox,
one of the largest regional
telecommunication operators in Norway
and Denmark, will deploy its Gainspeed
Unified Cable Access solution, based
on a fully virtualised Distributed Access
Architecture (vDAA). hub offices, realising significant real
estate cost savings while simplifying
network operations. By virtualising the
headend and network functions, Altibox
effectively pushes the digital portion
out to the node, ensuring a better signal
quality and experience for subscribers.
The solution provides the network
foundation needed for Altibox and its
partner, Eidsiva Bredbånd, to deliver
enhanced all-IP-based ultra-broadband
services to residential and business
customers. The deployment will enable
Altibox and Eidsiva to significantly
increase network capacity and establish
a fully distributed and virtualised access
architecture that can support new,
competitive Gigabit and multicast IPTV
services over longer distances. Altibox and its partner, Eidsiva Bredbånd,
will begin deploying Nokia’s vDAA
solution, including the Gainspeed Access
Controller and compact form factor
Gainspeed SC–1D Access Nodes, into
its network in 3Q 2019. Nokia’s vDAA
solution can flexibly accommodate
backhaul through Altibox’s existing IP/
MPLS network, which will facilitate and
expediate deployment.
To effectively implement the changes
required by the DOCSIS standard, Hybrid
Fiber Coax (HFC)-based access providers
will need to support IP-based services in
an efficient way. With 20-30% annual
IP data growth globally, cable operators
are turning to software-driven, all-IP
Distributed Access Architectures (DAA)
to increase the capacity of existing HFC
networks and improve signal quality.
Distributed access architectures can also
help reduce OPEX and the number of hub
offices required by effectively virtualising
the headend and network functions.
Nokia’s Unified Cable Access solution
is based on vDAA which delivers
greater space and power savings,
as well as superior architectural
flexibility, compared to traditional
DAAs. By moving the cable access layer
functions in its headend and hub sites
to the access nodes that sit closer to
customers, Altibox and its partners
can eliminate some of its legacy
cable-specific hardware, dramatically
reducing the amount of power, space
and equipment required in the headend.
Nokia’s vDAA solution will also enable
Altibox and Eidsiva Bredbånd to
significantly reduce the number of
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Jeff Heynen, Research Director,
Broadband Access and Home
Networking, Dell’Oro Group, said: “We
expect spending on DAA to double
between 2019 and 2020, as operators
look to reduce their headend and hub
sites while also improving the spectral
efficiency of their outside plant. DAA’s
benefits are clear and operators are
now beginning multi-year projects
to modernise their HFC networks to
compete for the next decade.”
Sandra Motley, President of Nokia’s Fixed
Networks Business Group, said: “We are
excited to be working with Altibox and
its partner, Eidsiva Bredbånd, to build
a flexible and powerful network that
can deliver the additional capacity and
reach the need to meet rising customer
demand for ultra-broadband services.
Our vDAA solution enables Alitbox and
Eidsiva Bredbånd to maximise their HFC
network and quickly move to an all-IP
environment that has the flexibility and
scale needed to support vast amounts
of IP data traffic while simultaneously
reducing operating and real estate
expenses. This deployment demonstrates
the continued momentum we see for our
Gainspeed Unified Cable Access solution
in Europe.”
Teleste
extends frame
agreement with
Stockholm
Public
Transport
in Sweden
T
eleste Corporation has extended its
frame agreement with Stockholm Public
Transport (Storstockholms Lokal Trafik,
‘SL’) in Sweden. The agreement continues
the cooperation between the parties that
began in 2014 and it includes deployment
of Teleste’s latest RGB LED and TFT LCD
information displays to SL’s fleet at stations
and platforms. Within the agreement,
Teleste provides SL with its smart display
technologies designed for the delivery
of dynamic information across public
transport ecosystems.
“Our smart display technologies are
designed to help operators meet one of
today’s key public transport challenges:
passengers need to get more and more
information regarding their journeys at
every step of their travel. We appreciate the
opportunity to work with SL to provide its
passengers with a smooth and attractive
journey enabled by dynamic, real-time
information and new digital services,”
said Stig Waldemarsson, Director of VSI
Scandinavia at Teleste Sweden.
SL takes care of providing the citizens and
visitors in the Greater Stockholm area easy
access to a well-developed and reliable
public transport system. With Teleste’s
display technologies, SL will be able to
increase the efficiency of the entire transport
system and improve end-to-end journeys
for the nearly 800,000 passengers travelling
within the area daily by metro, buses,
commuter trains and local trains.
The display solutions include, for example,
a 55-inch touch screen information pillar for
delivering attractive travel planner services
and weather information, as well as platform
and multiline displays with integrated
diagnostics, excellent visibility from all
viewing angles and advanced features for
showing information.
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