DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI) says it is supplying elements of its DZS Velocity broadband technology portfolio to Convergenze S.p.A. Società Benefit. Convergenze is bringing high-speed broadband capabilities to Southern Italy using XGS-PON to serve more than 21,000 residential, business, and wholesale subscribers.
The XGS-PON deployment, the first of its kind in the region according to DZS, builds on a GPON network build Convergenze launched with PON equipment from the same supplier several years ago.
“We have been working with DZS since 2009 and have been incredibly satisfied with their blend of value, product selection and excellent customer support,” said Rosario Pingaro, president and CEO of Salerno-based Convergenze. “We are now registering skyrocketing bandwidth demand from our customers as basically everything goes through the Internet—learning, working, gaming, and entertainment. Deploying DZS’s GPON/XGS-PON combo card for next-generation and hyperfast broadband connectivity will bring a plethora of changes and improvements to our network, including a clear upgrade path without compromising our customer base. We are constantly working to increase our network capacity at any level, and this change is the start of many more brilliant technology innovations to come.”
The combo cards are part of the XCelerate by DZS line. The 10-gig-capable fiber access cards and systems enable support of GPON, XGS-PON, or a combination of the two on a per-port basis. The Convergenze network will see deployment of the new capabilities over 40 points of presence, each with 500 OLT ports, serving 14,000 ONTs.
“Convergenze CEO Rosario Pingaro has always had an experience provider vision that has enabled the company to consistently think about seamlessly evolving their network with upgradable, advanced services while smartly qualifying for additional state-supported broadband stimulus,” commented Erwin Trautmann, vice president, EMEA at DZS. “As a result, we were able to support their move to XGS-PON with DZS XCelerate OLT combo line cards by flexibly adding new high-value and high-bandwidth services that maximize past investments and future revenues over the existing fiber to the home network.”
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