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Ethernet Tops 67Mbps Over Copper?

Posted: 18th Jan, 2005 By: MarkJ

Actelis Networks has managed to develop an Ethernet style technology capable of communicating over existing copper networks (much as ADSL does). The tech claims to deliver symmetric speeds up to 67Mbps with Quality of Service (QoS) metrics equal to fibre optics:

Actelis Networks, the first company to enable fiber-quality Ethernet services over existing copper networks, announced that it is first to deliver products that comply with the newly developed International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recommendations on multi-pair bonding. The specifications allow the transport of data from the service provider, to the subscriber at greatly increased speeds over single-pair transmission. G.bond (ITUs G.998 recommendations) paves the rollout of high bandwidth services to business and residential customers not currently served by fiber.

Using standard xDSL technology, G.bond boosts data rates in proportion to the number of copper lines that are bonded. Business and residential locations served by more than one pair can benefit from the combined bandwidth performance of all pairs. Telecom operators see multi-pair bonding as a fast, cost effective way to meet increasing demand for high-speed services in the access network.

Based on the latest ITU standard specifications, Actelis provides the only Ethernet over Copper solutions to deliver symmetric speeds up to 67 Mbps with Quality of Service (QoS) metrics equal to fiber optics. Symmetric bandwidth delivery with guaranteed QoS is critical to provisioning data, two-way video and voice communications over Ethernet infrastructures. Awarded for performance excellence, coupled with easy installation and management, Actelis high-speed access systems enable carriers and service providers to use phone-grade copper to provide high bandwidth services on a universal scale.

The new ITU specifications are another milestone in the global market development of broadband technology. They recognize the added value that delivering Ethernet and other services over copper brings to the speed and performance of the network, said Yossi Saad, vice president of marketing and business development for Actelis Networks. Actelis deep involvement in the standardization activities allowed us to provide standard compliant products well in advance, so that we can bring field-proven solutions to our customers.

Actelis offers a broad range of carrier-grade access systems for telco and enterprise networks as well as government and military installations. Generally available for over a year and now deployed worldwide, Actelis high-speed access systems support some of the worlds most critical communications networks.