ZTE DSLAM Improves Operators' Carbon Footprint and Slashes Power Costs
(Product News, 6 May 2008)
ZTE Corp.'s (ZTE) Broadband Universal Access System could help operators make a major impact on their carbon footprint as well as save millions of dollars a year in power costs. ZTE's DSLAM ZXDSL FSAP 9806H overreaches the European code of conduct on energy consumption for broadband equipment from a power consumption point offering a significant power consumption savings per port.
ZTE's 9806H is a network device offering up to 96 ADSL2+ lines or 64 VDSL2 lines in a 2U rack and is located near the customers' location. This Broadband Universal Access System is perfectly suited for the fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) network architecture model and enables operators to build a next-generation broadband network while reusing existing copper cables.
By equipping its DSLAM solution with a passive optical network (PON) uplink card, ZTE has reduced the amount of fibre requiredwhen compared to traditional, point-to-point Ethernet architecturesallowing operators to serve multiple premises using a single optical fibre cable. This means ZTE's solution enables broadband operators to significantly limit their power consumption, achieving substantial cost savings and a reduced carbon footprint.
ZTE's Broadband Universal Access System has been awarded the Best Green Innovation award at Convergence World 2008, SOFTNET in London, UK, as well as the InfoVision award in the Access Network Technologies and Services category at the Broadband World Forum 2007 in Berlin, Germany.