BroadLight to Develop and Promote XGPON Technology in Korea

September 15th, 2011 – Santa Clara, Calif. – BroadLight, the leading supplier of fiber access processors, announced today its collaboration partnership with Korea’s National Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, ETRI.

This collaborative partnership entails both companies’ efforts to ensure a fully standardized XGPON (ITU-T G.987) initial deployment in Korea. BroadLight and ETRI are using their existing XGPON OLT and ONT technology for end to end interoperability testing. The test plan is based on efforts by FSAN to launch the first worldwide XGPON interoperability event. BroadLight plays an instrumental role in preparing this test plan as part of its active role with FSAN. 

“BroadLight’s collaboration with ETRI is an important initiative towards promoting XGPON technology in the Korean market”, said Youngsun Kim, VP Honam Research Center of ETRI. ”Collaborating with BroadLight, we can ensure XGPON’s first commercial trial will be successful.“ 

“Aside from this being a great opportunity for BroadLight to contribute its knowhow in end to end PON solutions, it will provide us with further insight into the existing challenges for market requirements in relation to BroadLight’s own product development”, said Didi Ivancovsky, Founder and VP Carriers Strategy at BroadLight.

About ETRI
Since its foundation in 1976, ETRI has played a central role in helping Korea become the world's most advanced information and communication powerhouse as the country's largest government-funded research institute specializing in information and communications technology. Through the years, ETRI has developed Electronic Telephone Switch (TDX) system, 4M/16M/64M DRAM, Digital Mobile Telecommunications (CDMA) System, terrestrial DMB and WiBro technology. For more information, please visit www.etri.re.kr .