{"id":33285,"date":"2018-10-01T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=33285"},"modified":"2018-10-01T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:04:18","slug":"iskratel-announces-worlds-first-amphibian-gpon-olt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2018\/10\/01\/iskratel-announces-worlds-first-amphibian-gpon-olt\/","title":{"rendered":"Iskratel announces world\u2019s first &#8216;amphibian&#8217; GPON OLT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Operators looking\u00a0to upgrade their networks\u00a0to\u00a0virtualized,\u00a0cloud-based infrastructures finally have the right tools\u00a0at their disposal, at Iskratel announced two edge-computing solutions, including a one-of-a-kind \u201camphibian\u201d\u00a0GPON OLT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Building on its\u00a0SI3000 Lumia G16 compact GPON\u00a0Optical Line Terminal (OLT), Iskratel\u2019s new dual-nature OLT can operate as a traditional\u00a0integrated OLT\u00a0but also provides a disaggregated\u00a0white-box\u00a0solution, based on virtual OLT Hardware Abstraction\u00a0(vOLTHA) principles.<\/p>\n<p>This transforms\u00a0the Lumia G16 into a\u00a0fully virtualized, CORD-compliant\u00a0physical\u00a0OLT\u00a0with virtual\u00a0OLT software\u00a0running\u00a0in the cloud\u00a0via a simple\u00a0software upgrade, eliminating the need for hardware upgrades\u00a0when\u00a0virtualizing the central office and easing cloudification of the edge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are\u00a0extremely\u00a0proud to be the\u00a0first\u00a0solutions provider to\u00a0introduce a product that allows operators to avoid an entire investment cycle when\u00a0transforming their networks\u00a0towards software-defined, next-generation access,\u201d said\u00a0Janez\u00a0\u00d6ri, Director Strategy and Business Development\u00a0at Iskratel. &#8220;Furthermore, our virtualized GPON solution facilitates a cost-effective\u00a0upgrade of the\u00a0existing\u00a0infrastructure,\u00a0even before operators\u00a0move on to securely introducing\u00a0a fully virtualized NGPON\u00a0architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the\u00a0new OLT, operators can deliver a higher, guaranteed quality of service to meet stringent service-level\u00a0agreements, automate security policies in a distributed cloud,\u00a0and\u00a0enable\u00a0zero-touch provisioning of new services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This innovative\u00a0improvement to our CSP\u00a0simplifies network expansion,\u00a0allowing\u00a0operators to seamlessly introduce\u00a0new edge locations\u00a0while\u00a0controlling\u00a0costs by automating key processes,&#8221; said Ori. &#8220;This is particularly beneficial\u00a0in fast-growing, heterogeneous networks\u00a0that\u00a0require\u00a0management of hundreds, or even\u00a0thousands of edge locations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building on its\u00a0SI3000 Lumia G16 compact GPON\u00a0Optical Line Terminal (OLT), Iskratel\u2019s new dual-nature OLT can operate as a traditional\u00a0integrated OLT\u00a0but also provides a disaggregated\u00a0white-box\u00a0solution, based on virtual OLT Hardware Abstraction\u00a0(vOLTHA) principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":33286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[107,6363,6362,96],"class_list":["post-33285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-cloud","tag-cloud-services-platform","tag-iskratel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}