NBN Australia announced the successful completion of a field trial with vendor partner Nokia using three generations of passive optical network (PON) technology - GPON, XGS PON and 25GS PON - over the former's fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) network. to the premises (FTTP) network. During the trials, NBN Co and Nokia were reportedly able to achieve symmetrical speeds of 8Gbps on XGS PON and 20Gbps on 25GS PON, the latter of which is claimed to be "a new record for passive optical networks in Australia.
NBN Co said the successful field trials demonstrated that the fiber in its network is capable of supporting next-generation broadband services over XGS PON and 25GS PON, while maintaining current active services over existing GPON fiber technology. Dion Ljubanovic, chief network office at NBN Co, said the company said the trial was "an important step" towards realizing its long-term network strategy, "This successful trial demonstrated to us that the performance of the fibre we are deploying in our fixed network is only limited by the capacity of the equipment connected to it. The line footprint is limited only by the functionality of the devices connected to it - and as new solutions become available, we can introduce them to improve the functionality and speeds we offer on our network.
