PacketFront Enables Open Access FTTH Broadband For The City Of Vienna

Stockholm, Sweden - PacketFront, the pioneer in open-access FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home) broadband networking, has announced a new deal with Wien Energie Wienstrom, an Austrian utility company owned by the city of Vienna. PacketFront's solution mean that Wien Energie is now able to operate a fully automated open access FTTH network, making it possible for residents to choose among a variety of broadband services from several competing content providers.

Wien Energie Wienstrom opted for PacketFront because of the company's award winning BECS control and provisioning system which makes it possible for operators to build and run fully automated broadband networks with self-provisioning capabilities. These capabilities give users the option to choose several services – including voice, internet and TV – for themselves without having to wait for a third party to make the changes. PacketFront also provides Advanced Services Routers (ASRs) and Digital Residential Gateways (DRGs) to Wien Energie.

"We're very excited that Wien Energie chose us to build its open access FTTH network initiative," said Martin Thunman, CEO of PacketFront. "It's an audacious decision for Wien Energie to go down the open access route. While this approach is now a common way of thinking in Sweden, it's a new move for Austria."

Wien Energie will during the next two years connect 50,000 households in Vienna to the open access network that it calls "blizznet".

"We're delighted that we've been able to build on PacketFront's expertise to offer the residents of Vienna the choice that an open access network provides," said Dieter Weber, manager for Wien Energie Wienstrom Telekommunikation. "Not only does open access offer a better, more flexible service to our customers, but its simplified management makes life easier for us too."

SOURCE: PacketFront