Orange Jordan and Nokia Deploy Fiber-to-the-Home Network to Support New Ultra-Broadband Services
Nokia
and Orange Jordan are deploying a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network
that will bring new ultra-broadband access and triple-play services
to thousands of homes and businesses across Jordan beside Orange
Jordan existing ADSL (Asymmetric digital subscriber line)
technology. Using a combination of Nokia’s
GPON (gigabit passive optical network) technology, fixed network
professional services, as well as Nokia Applications & Analytics
advanced network and device management software, Orange Jordan will
be able to quickly deliver over 200 Mbps services needed to meet
surging demand for high-speed residential and commercial services.
Today, broadband penetration in Jordan is
predominantly wireless-based. Only five percent of the population
accesses the internet via a fixed connection, a fraction of the six
million total broadband subscribers, according to 2017 report
concerning ICT in Jordan. However, as demand for e-services,
e-commerce, e-health, and e-education services grows across the
Kingdom, the Jordanian government is focused on enhancing its fixed
access infrastructure to ensure higher speed internet access is more
broadly available. As the first operator to launch a FTTH service in
2016, Orange Jordan is applying its global expertise to
initiate and maintain digital transformation in the Kingdom. These
ambitions are in line with the Orange Group's five-year corporate
strategy, Essentials 2020, which focuses on connecting people to all
that is essential to them.
Utilizing
Nokia’s GPON FTTH technology, Orange Jordan will be able to deliver
enhanced services to new customers as well as extend the service to
subscribers already served by the existing ADSL-based network. With
the use of the Nokia Network Analyzer, Home Device Manager, and Home
Care solutions, Orange Jordan will be able to proactively manage the
GPON network and communication devices in customers’ homes.
Orange Jordan CEO Jérôme Hénique said,
“We needed to quickly deploy a
FTTH network that would provide the end-to-end capabilities we
required to support our customers’ evolving ultra-broadband needs.
Nokia’s credibility along with its innovations and expertise in
fiber technology were strongly considered during the selection
process for the current phase of technical deployment. Today, we have
successfully enabled Fiber eligibility for more than 30,000 homes
with fiber –and are now focused on fiberizing the rest of the
network, which is expected to be up and
running by the end of 2017.This is all in effort of confirming Orange
Jordan’s position as the strongest provider of high-speed internet
and the leading provider of the most powerful telecommunications
services.”
Jean-Francois
Pigeon, head of the Orange Customer Team for Middle East & Africa
at Nokia, said, “We
are pleased to continue our long-term collaboration with Orange
Jordan and support its FTTH project, from infrastructure deployment
to homes. As a leading provider of GPON technology and associated
services, we have the software tools, expertise and experience to
cost-effectively address the various deployment needs of Orange in
Jordan, addressing its network deployment needs and Quality of
Experience challenge today and in the future.”
Source: Orange Jordan media announcement