Press Release
VPIsystems Drives Fiber Home
New OnePlan Access for FTTx v 2.0 to Support Passive Optical Network (PON) Configurations; Optimize Outside Plant Design
Holmdel, New Jersey (May 4, 2009) - Carriers large and small are making significant investments to extend their fiber footprint, and consumers can hardly turn on their TVs without seeing an ad for a new, fast fiber-based solution. Getting "fiber to the X" is much more complicated and costly for carriers than their marketing and advertising departments would have us believe however, and for many carriers the big question remains what that "X" will be - how far can and will they take their fiber solution, and what will the network architecture look like?
As carriers examine these questions, many are deciding to deliver to the home (FTTH) and choosing a passive optical network (PON) configuration to support that decision. With Infonetics Research predicting the worldwide PON market will grow to exceed $5 billion by 2011 this means good news for consumer and vendors alike. To meet the needs of carriers that choose to deliver fiber to the home or building, rather than stopping at the node, VPIsystems has enhanced its FTTx planning module for the OnePlan suite to now support PON architectures.
"Bringing fiber all the way to the home is crucial for carriers who want to deliver the highest-bandwidth services, and PON is the architecture of choice," said Mike Devlin, Vice President of Business Development, VPIsystems. "Carriers using the next generation of OnePlan Access for FTTx will not only be able to roll out their fiber networks based on the most efficient and economically optimized design possible, but also know that they are supporting market demand when and where it exists so that investments are more directly tied to revenue."
OnePlan Access for FTTx v 2.0 is a comprehensive planning and decision support system for outside plant planning of next generation access networks. It helps carriers optimize their fiber cables and address the end-to-end tactical issues associated with FTTx network planning. OnePlan Access for FTTx v2.0 leverages existing infrastructure and minimizes the associated engineering, cable and equipment costs for carriers. It also captures market forecast information and existing network topologies to plan for future demand.
Other benefits include:
- Support for planning both PON and non-PON architectures, and ability to determine which configuration will be most beneficial
- Reduction in the cost, effort and time required to optimally plan the outside plant aspects of FTTx networks
- Ability to plan for phased FTTx deployments and conduct demand-based, multi-period planning
- Standardization on network planning methodology across all service areas
About OnePlan
OnePlan offers communications service providers a single, cross-domain (geography, technology, discipline and network domain) integrated capacity and network planning capability, OnePlan has become the system of choice for any carrier planning transition to a next-generation, IP-enabled network. Through its modular design, OnePlan provides a scalable solution that can start as a single technology module, and grow to a high-availability system spanning multiple network layers where OnePlan automates all network planning, engineering and decommissioning activities.
About VPIsystems, Inc.
VPIsystems is the only provider of integrated capacity and network planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry. The company's OnePlanTM software system gives telecommunications and multi-service providers the ability to cohesively plan the financial, technical and marketing aspects of their network evolution, for all current and future network types. Headquartered in Holmdel, NJ, and with offices in Europe, Asia, and Australia, VPIsystems' software is used by over 150 communications service providers and network equipment manufacturers to assess current and future capacity needs, and optimally plan their QoS-constrained service networks and underlying transport infrastructure. For further information, visit us at www.vpisystems.com.