Alcatel powers BTES network on GPON technology

Alcatel Lucent has enabled Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES) to provide voice, video and data services up to one gigabit per second. BTES's network is powered by Alcatel-Lucent's gigabit passive optical network (GPON) enabled 7342 ISAM FTTU optical line terminals (OLTs) and optical network terminals (ONTs).

"Alcatel-Lucent and BTES have a long-standing relationship, and are committed to putting the Bristol community at the forefront of high-speed, high-tech communications for consumers, schools and businesses alike," said Robert Vrij, President of Alcatel-Lucent's Americas region and head of Global Strategic Alliances.

BTES' OLTs connect to a 10 gigabit backbone via Alcatel-Lucent's 7450 ESS switches and are aggregated through a pair of 7750 BSR routers to 10 gigabits of Internet capacity. BTES' ONTs are capable of providing advanced IPTV video services along with traditional cable television, telephone and up to one gigabit per second of Internet bandwidth.