Huawei launched the Any Media Giga Access Platform on Wednesday, which has the bandwidth to let operators deploy gigabit-capable ultra broadband networks. Each network will have unified architecture, software, and management, allowing operators to use the full spectrum of their access media as well as having the robust bandwidth to power Smart Home and or other “smart” services.

“The impressive rate of development in ultra-HD video, virtual reality, Smart Home, and other services is moving broadband networks from the 100M-level to the giga-level,” Zha Jun, president of Huawei’s fixed network product line, said in a press release. “Huawei’s Any Media Giga Access Platform can make full use of existing copper, coax, and fiber resources to help operators achieve their Gigaband strategies early on, in order to provide a better user experience and achieve even greater commercial success.”

More and more broadband networks are moving from 100M to giga-level access in order to support 4K TV and other services, and most of those Gigaband networks are best served by optical fiber. However, rollout for optical fiber is long and requires a lot of investment.

Huawei has shipped more than 100 million “fiber-to-the-home” or “optical network terminal” gateways.

Gigabit-capable offerings enable bandwidth-heavy services such as all-optic campus, U-vMOS monitoring of video viewing quality, virtual access management, and other intelligence services.