[November 02, 2009] Hitachi Releases Fiber-to-the-Premises Quad Play PON Equipment for Cable System Operators.SUBJECTCODE 04003001 Tweet Nov 01, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc., a provider of EPON, GPON, DePON, MW-PON, and RFoG equipment, announced a new line of Optical Network Units (ONU) for their DePON fiber access systems. Hitachi said the new ONUs leverage the low cost, high bandwidth available with PON while enabling cable service providers to keep their existing DOCSIS provisioning and management systems. According to Hitachi, the new products support voice, video, data and wireless services for creation of double play, triple play, and quad play subscriber bundles. Advanced software features in the new ONU family enable cable operators to offer high bandwidth data services along with voice and RF Video while preserving investments in CPE and existing management procedures. "We work closely with our MSO partners to define the right feature sets for these new devices," said Dr. Yanming Liu, CMO for HCTA. "Our emphasis on software functions enables the delivery of voice, video and data services for any business, residential or backhaul application. We know from our joint development work with customers that these features create new revenue opportunities service providers can leverage." To meet a range of applications the new ONUs comply with industry standards and certifications including: IEEE, MEF, ITU-T, and CableLabs' PacketCable Multimedia (PCMM) specification. The ONU family includes the following products: - The Hitachi C-603/C603-MW are commercial units for double play applications. They have four Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic and two POTS interfaces to support voice features. - The Hitachi C-606/C-606-MW are commercial units also for double play applications. They have eight Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic and eight POTS interfaces to support voice features. - The Hitachi C-1403/C-1403-MW are commercial models for triple play applications. They have four Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic, two POTS interfaces to support voice features, and one analog cable port for video transport. - The Hitachi C-1503/C-1503-MW are commercial models for quad play applications. They have four Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic, two POTS interfaces to support voice features, one analog cable port for video transport and one IEEE.11b/g/n WiFi interface. - The Hitachi R-1403 is a residential model of the triple play device. It has a smaller form factor and plastic enclosure. The ONU has four Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic and two POTS interfaces to support voice features along with one analog cable port for video transport. - The Hitachi R-1503 is a commercial model of the quad play device in the smaller form factor and plastic enclosure. The ONU has four Gigabit Ethernet ports for data traffic, two POTS interfaces to support voice features, one analog cable port for video transport, and one IEEE.11b/g/n WiFi interface. These units support gateway software and functions including: NATP, DHCP server, firewall, multicast, configurable QoS, L2/L3 VPNs, and WiFi. All features can be configured using existing DOCSIS OSSI management. They also give cable operators a new set of tools to increase their penetration of business accounts. They enable the creation of E-LAN, E-LINE, E-TREE, and E-VPLS services, the company noted in a release. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]