Ethernity Networks inks design contract for xPON OLT with North American Tier-1 OEM
Ethernity Networks (AIM: ENET.L), which supplies data processing offload capabilities on programmable hardware, says it has landed a contract with a North American Tier 1 telecommunications OEM that it did not further identify. The deal, the second with this customer, will see the application of the company’s ENET Flow Processor technology – including its ENET Switch and Traffic Manager firmware – in support of 200-Gbps capabilities on an upcoming xPON optical line terminal (OLT).
The new OLT will leverage Ethernity’s ENET Flow Processor core functionality (which provides hierarchical traffic management, switching, and access control list) as well as the company’s new 400-Gbps fabric technology. The latter will support the cascading of multiple chassis to form a virtual chassis cluster. The customer expects to deploy the new OLT in the second half of next year.
Ethernity landed the first deal with the customer in 2018, leading to a successful field deployment and this second contract. “We are pleased to have received this new platform design win order, and we look forward to developing additional new platforms for this customer’s appliances in other vertical markets,” said Ethernity CEO David Levi. “This contract confirms that our extensive networking functionality offers tremendous value to the market and is an example of how we can build strong partnerships with industry leaders.”
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