The main challenge for operators in cities with gigabit internet service is getting the fiber service into subscribers’ homes. G.fast solves that problem for most providers, and Sckipio and ZyXEL have a new networking solution for G.fast.
Sckipio announced that ZyXEL, a broadband networking solutions vendor to telecommunication service providers, is developing a 16-port G.fast Distribution Point Unit (DPU) and a single-port G.fast bridge based on Sckipio’s chipset.
“G.fast is the most affordable way for operators of all sizes to quickly get to gigabit services,” Kevin Su, Senior Director of CPE BC in ZyXEL, said in a statement. “With ZyXEL’s new 16-port G.fast solution, service providers will be able to quickly and affordably add gigabit services to MDU environments.”
The 16-port G.fast DPU will be available for customers in Q2 of 2016, and ZyXEL has plans to roll it out across the world.
“ZyXEL will bring world-class G.fast technology into many important densely populated markets across Asia, Eastern Europe, and North America,” Sckipio CEO David Baum said in a statement. “Sckipio wins by working with a partner with strong global reach. ZyXEL wins by leveraging Sckipio’s highly acclaimed G.fast technology. The operators win by delivering the lowest cost per megabit delivered in the fastest time and with the lowest capital outlay, and consumers win with a lower cost, higher performing Internet without the hassles of in-home installers and long deployment delays.”