Altice Portugal introduces XGS-PON optical networks with speeds close to 10 Gbps – Telecomunicações
Optics technology based on XGS – PON started to arrive in Portugal, promising internet speeds close to 10bps. Oni recently announced its plans for the development of its network, with a clear focus on enterprise customers. The operator promises to specialize in offering companies, in order to always guarantee the maximum download and upload speed to its customers.
Altice Portugal has also started its offer of XGS-PON optical networks, with the installation of equipment in nine Portuguese cities in a pilot test: Aveiro, Braga, Castelo Branco, Évora, Faro, Leiria, Lisbon, Porto and Viseu. The objective is to guarantee the decentralization of the dissemination of technology, so that they are considered in different contexts, whether residential for customers or companies.
XGS-PON technology enables symmetrical fixed internet speeds higher than today. Altice Portugal assumes itself as the first to offer a technology simultaneously to the business and consumer segment in this pilot project created by Altice Labs, coordinated by Altice Empresas and MEO. Altice promises speeds of up to 10 Gbps in the future as equipment evolves. And this speed will be symmetrical, that is, the transmission of download and upload will be possible. The operator promises even more advanced features than technology, in terms of services, security and communications encryption.
Aveiro served as the innovation headquarters, where the first steps for the technology were identified, as this is where Altice Labs is located. The company was responsible for the idealization and construction of the FiberGateWay XGS-PON. The company says that it is a state-of-the-art equipment, which ensures high speeds, maximum Wi-Fi 6 coverage in the customer’s home, but also experiences the guarantee of a quality of service in any circumstance, using several devices at the same time.
“The implementation of the XGS-PON technology reinforces the positioning of the Altice brand, as a pioneer in the launch of products and innovators, following its rapid technological evolution and, thus, the availability of a more advanced and combined technology to customers, strengthening the selection and the search for the national productive fabric”, Altice Portugal in the statement.