Gtd Manquehue selects Alcatel-Lucent to deploy first FTTH network in Chile based on GPON technology

摘要

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it has been selected by Gtd Group, one of the main service providers in Chile, to deploy the country s first network based on fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Gigabit passive optical network (GPON) technology. Installation and deployment of the GPON network will start in the third quarter of 2008, initially serving residential broadband users in Santiago s prestigious Santa Mar a de Manquehue district, with other neighborhoods of Chile s capital city following shortly after.