KDDI, a leading telecommunications operator in Japan, is deploying Nokia’s G.fast solution to apartments and multi-dwelling buildings to deliver ultra-broadband services to customers. Reducing the need to install new fiber, Nokia’s technology will enable KDDI to use existing copper lines in MDU buildings to deliver 830Mbps combined uplink and downlink speeds to customers.
To support customers’ ultra-broadband needs, Japanese operators are using fiber where possible along with new technologies like G.fast for a large number of MDU locations where copper is already installed. Developed by Nokia Bell Labs, G.fast uses vectoring technology to effectively reduce cross-talk interference that typically impacts data speeds over copper networks. Providing support for Japan’s VDSL2 specifications, Nokia’s G.fast solution will minimize the impact to existing VDSL systems and enable operators to quickly upgrade their high-speed internet service to gigabit class through a simple CPE (customer premises equipment) replacement.
KDDI has has started its rollout of ‘au Hikari MDU Type G’ using this solution from Nokia.