[advertise]广告[/advertise]PRINCETON JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY (October 8th, 2009) – Alphion® Corporation announced today that Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), the largest government telecommunication service provider in India, has selected Alphion GPON technology for the deployment of next generation multiple play FTTx services in the western and southern zones of India. The initial BSNL contract for the Alphion GPON equipment, the first phase in a multi-year program, will provide services to 259,000 Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) subscribers. The Alphion GPON product family consists of state-of-the-art Optical Line Terminal, Optical Network Terminals, and Passive Optical Splitters. The Alphion Optical Line Terminal offers 40 protectable GPON ports per shelf, an ultra-fast redundant 200 gigabit per second backplane, and 56 gigabit per second uplink capacity. The solution supports PON architectures with path and equipment redundancy, and includes Optical Network Terminals for single family residences, small businesses, and multiple dwelling units. Alphion is showing its full line of GPON equipment at the ITU Telecom World 2009 exhibition (booth 5175), October 5th to 9th, in Geneva, Switzerland. “The selection of Alphion technology for a major share of the GPON network equipment being procured by BSNL, is a significant achievement and establishes Alphion as a leading supplier of GPON access solutions in the Indian Telecom Networks,” commented Dr. Bharat P. Dave, Alphion Chairman, President and CEO. “Alphion is fully committed to supporting the roll-out of GPON equipment in India. This initial contract is the first phase of BSNL’s planned multi-year deployment of GPON networks and our deliveries of Alphion equipment, the first GPON shipments in India, are well underway.” ABOUT ALPHION Alphion Corporation develops, manufactures and markets communications systems, subsystems, integrated and discrete photonic components based on its proprietary QLight® technology platform. Alphion products are sold world wide to service providers and OEMs in the Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP), telecommunications, CATV, fiber optic sensing, test & measurement, medical imaging, and defense system markets. Alphion offers a growing line of broadband access products, which support complete end-to-end GPON network solutions. The AOLT-4000 Optical Line Terminal, AONT-100/200/300 Optical Network Terminal family, and Passive Optical Splitter family are in full compliance with the International Telecommunications Union’s standard for GPON equipment (ITU-T G.984). This ensures that the Alphion product family meets the stringent carrier-class requirements and interoperates with a broad spectrum of other manufacturers’ GPON equipment. Alphion is a member of both FSAN (www.fsanweb.org) - a consortium of carriers and equipment suppliers developing tomorrow’s broadband network standards and the ITU (www.itu.int). For more information about Alphion and its products, visit our website www.alphion.com.