Abstract

The competitive requirements for telcos to deliver the Triple Play of voice, data and video, in order to compete with the services offered by cable companies, has regenerated excitement surrounding broadband optical access systems based on Passive Optical Networking (PON). The economic downturn may have stalled implementations of new technologies while the communications industry focused on maximizing revenue from existing infrastructure (such as DSL over copper wires), but the Triple Play has brought PON back into the forefront of emerging technologies. PON components are the building blocks used to unlock the bandwidth potential of fiber.

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