Dasan Zhone Solutions (DZS) has agreed to acquire Keymile in a strategic move to expand its portfolio of broadband access solutions, including optical fibre and copper access technologies, Ethernet switching, and passive optical LAN.
HANOVER, GERMANY – Wolfsburg-based telecommunications provider WOBCOM is expanding its infrastructure. It has picked KEYMILE’s IP-MSAN technology for optical fibre connections to the home in new housing developments. In the mid-term, there will be an extensive optical fibre network in Lower Saxony’s fifth biggest town.
HANOVER, GERMANY – Hertfordshire-based network operator and internet provider NextGenAccess is taking part in the Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) and Connect Westminster broadband delivery programmes. The company is using KEYMILE’s IP-MSAN (IP Multi Service Access Node) MileGate to provide SMEs with ultra-fast broadband in the UK wide delivery areas.
HANOVER, GERMANY – Keymile, a leading supplier of telecommunications systems for broadband access has appointed Lothar Schwemm its new CTO and managing director. As an acclaimed expert in ICT systems he will sharpen the focus on broadband systems.
German company Keymile plans to focus on broadband communications systems, following the sale of its mission-critical communication business unit to Swiss industrial automation specialist ABB for an undisclosed sum.
The company wants to ride the demand wave for broadband, which continues to roll on at breakneck speed. Keymile’s products allow network operators to offer their end customers a variety of voice and data services across all types of fibre-to-the-x access network architectures.
Broadband equipment supplier Keymile has introduced MileGate 3510, a high-density GPON optical line terminal (OLT) that supports up to 12,2288 residential and business subscribers from a single platform. Taking advantage of the high scalability of the point-to-multipoint architecture of passive optical networks, the new platform is ideal for developing more cost-efficient fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and building (FTTB) network infrastructure, the company claims.
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