Edgecore Networks develops multi-service OLT access router with Exaware and FONEX

May 31, 2023

The OLT access routers will leverage MicroPlug pluggable OLT transceivers from Tibit Communications.

Edgecore Networks says it has partnered with Exaware and FONEX Data Systems, Inc. to develop open PON optical line terminal (OLT) access routers. The OLT access routers will leverage MicroPlug pluggable OLT transceivers from Tibit Communications.

The offering features Broadcom DNX-based hardware from Edgecore Networks integrated with ExaNOS software from Exaware. The Tibit MicroPlug SFP+ “OLT in a pluggable” will provide the OLT functionality. FONEX is supplying systems integration expertise to the partnership. Exaware will sell the OLT access routers to communications services providers.

“Exaware’s unique multi-service access solution, including onboard device support for native Tibit MicroPlug SFP+ OLT pluggables and software environment, offers CSPs a simple alternative to using traditional fixed chassis-based OLT and switch router devices at the access and edge locations of the network,” said Reinhard Florin, vice president of global sales and marketing at Exaware. “Exaware’s network operating system, ExaNOS, is a carrier-grade networking software that runs on any Broadcom DNX-based hardware. The combined Exaware, Edgecore, and Tibit solution collapses carrier-grade IP/MPLS routing, switching, and OLT functionality into a single, hardened 1 rack unit (RU) device that is extremely scalable and cost-effective.”

“Open networking solutions enable carriers to rapidly build new capacity,” commented Nanda Ravindan, vice president of product management, Edgecore Networks. “As the first hardware vendor to contribute open platforms to the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Edgecore Networks is enabling carriers to reduce the cost of network deployment while moving toward a more consistent and open infrastructure across the network.”

“FONEX is thrilled to partner with Exaware and Edgecore, and to keep advancing the adoption of open 10G PON solutions,” said Pasquale Ricciardi, CTO, FONEX. “We strongly believe in the future of open networking, and we recognize that successful partnerships are key to making open access networking more powerful, efficient, and accessible.”

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