LONDON and MUNICH -- ADVA Optical Networking today announced that it has been named as a supplier of Ethernet last-mile access products in BT’s 21st Century Network (21CN). Designed as one of the world’s largest next-generation networks (NGN), BT’s 21CN will deploy the ADVA FSP 150 as the Network Termination Equipment (NTE) throughout its network. This will enable BT to deliver video, voice and data services across the last-mile with unparalleled flexibility, control and management.

The ADVA FSP 150 portfolio, featuring Etherjack® technology, provides Ethernet demarcation, extension and aggregation. This enables BT to provide stringent monitoring from the network core to the customer premise to remotely respond to faults, minimising the need for manual intervention at customer sites and rapidly increasing their response time. This is critical for BT as they seek to offer bandwidth-intensive applications, such as Internet Protocol TV, Voice over IP (VoIP) and triple play services to a much wider market of business and residential customers.

“ADVA Optical Networking shares BT’s vision for innovation.” commented Matt Beal, director of core convergence, BT Wholesale. “ADVA Optical Networking will deploy its FSP 150 products to provide the ideal last-mile transport solution, enabling us to create a highly flexible and scalable network platform to roll out 21CN services more aggressively, enabling us to better serve carriers and businesses across the U.K.”

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