VDSL2 chipsets power fibre to the German home

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 23, 2007

A German telecommunications company is using VDSL2 chipsets to power fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) deployments that offer up to 100Mbit/s and triple play services over existing copper infrastructure.

Ikanos Communications has been selected to provide VDSL2 chipsets for NetCologne, a German telecommunications company providing services for the Cologne, Bonn and Aachen regions.

NetCologne is using Ikanos' Fx100100-5 Central Office (CO) and Fx100100S-5 Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) chipsets to power fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) deployments that offer up to 100Mbit/s VDSL2 connectivity and deliver triple-play services over existing copper infrastructure.

Ikanos' CO and CPE chipsets enable NetCologne to undertake one of the most technically advanced VDSL2 deployments in Europe.

NetCologne's new network, 'CityNetCologne', is employing the full 30MHz spectrum specified in VDSL2 standards.

Powered by Ikanos' chipsets, CityNetCologne will offer a bandwidth of up to 100Mbit/s - one of the highest VDSL2 bandwidths available to consumers in Europe.

"We are planning to deploy fibre directly to more than 50,000 buildings in the city of Cologne", says Karl-Heinz Zankel, Managing Director at NetCologne.

"Ikanos' chipsets are the most technically advanced and field-proven solutions available today".

"They can support our planned deployment of 30MHz VDSL2 and enable us quickly and cost-effectively to bring to market innovative video, voice and data services".

"Ikanos' feature-rich chipsets clearly offer the best performance and, we believe, are vital to the success of our triple-play offering".

Daniel K Atler, CEO of Ikanos , adds: "Ikanos' VDSL2 solutions have been proven in successful FTTB deployments throughout Asia, and we are pleased to bring our experience to the European market".

"NetCologne is setting the bar by delivering some of the most innovative, bandwidth-intensive services available in Germany".

Jag Bolaria, Senior Analyst at Linley Group, points out:"The large number of apartment buildings in European cities are a natural target for FTTB-based deployments that use VDSL2 technology to deliver high-speed services over existing copper infrastructure".

"Service providers in Europe can greatly benefit from this type of solution because it is more cost-effective and faster to market for cities that do not have an installed base of fibre".