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Optoelectronic Sensors, Switches and Receivers
News Release from: Bookham
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 June 2004
Sumitomo signs up for passive support
Sumitomo Electric Industries has chosen Bookham Technology to supply critical passive optical components for the company's fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband systems.
Sumitomo Electric Industries has chosen Bookham Technology to supply critical passive optical components for the company's fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband systems SEI's products are being used in next generation telecommunications access networks for two-way broadband residential video and telephony transport
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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These products consist of distribution hubs and access terminals that will integrate Bookham's passive optical components into a suite of next generation optical line terminal equipment (OLT) and optical network unit interfaces (ONU).
"We are pleased to have been selected by SEI as the main vendor for their FTTP programme", said Conrad Burke, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Bookham Technology.
"We have been working very closely with SEI to develop specific optical passive component solutions for their strategic next generation access platform", he added.
SEI has long been an industry leader for the Japanese FTTP market and has recently been selected by one of the largest regional telephone companies in the USA to supply a broad range of solutions for a large scale FTTP rollout.
"We are delighted to be working with an industry leader like Bookham Technology", said Dr Yoshi Suetsugu, for SEI.
"We selected Bookham because of their industry leading thin film filter technology, which offers the best technology and cost solution available in the market", he added.
"This is positive news for the optical components market to see two complementary leading vendors like Bookham and SEI working together", said Karen Liu, Director of Optical Component Research at RHK, a leading industry research firm.
"The combination of Bookham's leading thin film filters and SEI's FTTP systems history will create a strong presence in the growing FTTP market".
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