Product category: Communications ICs (Wired)
News Release from: Vitesse Semiconductor | Subject: GPON pro family
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 27 July 2006
Next generation FTTH networks
Vitesse semiconductor enables next generation FTTH networks with world's first GPON-compliant PMD chipset
Vitesse Semiconductor has extended its commitment to the fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) market by introducing the GPON pro family of physical media dependent (PMD) devices including the industry's first GPON OLT burst mode receiver solution With new FTTH installations ramping, PON ICs are expected to become a $275M market by 2009 per industry analysts
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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