Communication Solutions

Wave7 (News - Alert) Optics and SPIE Communications announced Wednesday that the Trident7 Optical Access Platform has been chosen for a new municipal network called SEQUANTIC, which will be operational in October 2007.

 

The new network is an SIPPEREC public consortium initiative. The consortium represents the electricity and telecommunications interests of approximately 1.7 million residential, commercial and industrial customers located in 86 municipalities around Paris.

 

Through SEQUANTIC the company aims to reach one business area in each municipality within the SIPPEREC members' territory. The new point-to-multipoint network will provide very high speed external and internal connectivity to all buildings in more than 147 business areas, which together comprise more than 6500 enterprises. The companies point out that SEQUANTIC will be the first public based Fiber-to-the-User (FTTU) open-access network dedicated to business areas in the Paris region.

 

ID-RESO is the company created to manage the SEQUANTIC network. ID-RESO will deploy a Trident7 OLT solution configured for the IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) EPON standard. Trident7 is the industry's only FTTP platform that has the capability to deliver standards-based EPON and GPON technologies simultaneously from one chassis. This enables service providers to cost-effectively deliver a much broader array of services than competing platforms.

 

Delivery, implementation, support and maintenance services for the Trident7 solution will be provided by SPIE Communications.

 

Jacques Poulet, president of SIPPEREC and Mayor of Villetaneuse said that this project is very complementary to all the other networks that SIPPEREC has developed over the past six years. Poulet believes it will complement the very high speed connectivity available in SIPPEREC's territory by enabling symmetrical bandwidth of 1 Gbps at competitive pricing.

 

“PON technology is the best solution for very high speed networks due to its huge transport capacity and optimized fiber infrastructure. For SIPPEREC, the PON solution is completely compatible with the economic plans of Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) in suburban areas,” said Poulet in a statement.

 

He continued: “PON networks are flexible and open and respect the criteria for transparency established by European directives. With a low entry cost, the Trident7 PON solution will enable local service providers to offer new services and innovative applications.”

 

Thomas Tighe, president and CEO of Wave7 Optics expressed his company’s excitement at being chosen for this highly visible FTTU project serving such a large area around Paris.

 

“The Trident7's advanced feature set, ease of operation and network scalability make it an excellent choice for the SIPPEREC SEQUANTIC network,” he concluded.

 

SPIE Communications is one of the leading IT services companies via its outsourcing business for workstations and servers.

 

Wave7 Optics delivers optical broadband access systems and has an expanding FTTP product portfolio featuring a variety of architectural options, based on IP and Ethernet standards, for "triple-play" voice, video and data services.