NBN and Nokia trialling XG-FAST for multi-gigabit speeds on copper
The company rolling out Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) has announced that it is trialling XG-FAST technology with Nokia, with hopes of reaching aggregate speeds of between 5Gbps and 8Gbps.The XG-FAST technology could be used across network technologies utilising copper for the last mile, including NBN's fibre-to-the-node (FttN), fibre-to-the-basement (FttB), and fibre-to-the-distribution-point (FttDP) networks."It is about making sure we provide a minimum performance level today with an upgrade path.
NBN seeks to push copper speed limits in XG-FAST trial with Nokia
NBN is planning to trial an emerging copper-based broadband standard that could potentially deliver even faster speeds than the still nascent G.Fast technology.XG-FAST builds on the G.Fast standard, increasing the amount of spectrum used to push data to and from an end user's premises.NBN is Nokia's third customer globally to trial the technology, which involves increasing the spectrum used to as much as 500MHz, compared to the 106MHz used by G.Fast.
Nokia and nbn trial XG-FAST tech to support future demand
Bill Morrow - CEO, NBNNbn and Nokia have embarked on what they claim is the first Australian trial of XG-FAST ultra-broadband access technology, in a bid to gain greater speeds over the existing copper networks being used in the government's Multi Technology Mix National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout.The two companies, which announced the trial on 31 August, expect the lab trial to demonstrate the capability of XG-FAST to meet the future demands of Australian individuals and businesses for multi-gigabit Internet services provided by the NBN.Nbn CEO, Bill Morrow, who spoke at an XG-FAST demonstration event in Sydney, suggested that the technology represents one of many potential options the company would be looking at to upgrade the NBN over time, and beyond its 2020 completion date.
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