Maxis has announced that it has successfully trialled 10G PON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) for the first time on its network. According to Maxis, their next-generation fibre-to-home (FTTH) network was able to deliver download speeds close to 10Gbps. In their demonstration, a 1GB video took less than a second to download. As a comparison, it will take approximately 23 seconds to download the same file on a typical 300Mbps GPON download speed.
The speedtest demo result from Maxis shows symmetrical speeds with 9436.95Mbps for downloads and 8905.42Mbps for uploads, with a latency of 3ms.
10G PON (also known as XG-PON) is currently the fastest fixed GPON technology in Malaysia as most fibre deployments in the country are based on GPON which supports up to 2.5Gbps downstream speed on a shared basis. Maxis says 10G PON for home fibre in the future will provide gigabit ultra-broadband for fixed access users and allow multiple users to share the capacity over a passive fibre-optic infrastructure. The increased bandwidth for fibre will allow users to enjoy faster download speeds and lower latency for a better broadband experience.
Maxis Chief Technology Strategy Officer, Rob Sewell said, “Network infrastructure is constantly evolving. With the rise of new services such as cloud computing, VR, AR, and even full-fibre campuses, upgrades to higher capacity networks are critical to support future bandwidth requirements. We are proud of this achievement which reflects our commitment to the best technology innovation in a highly connected world, as well as our broad aspirations of Rangkaian Kita Rangkaian Malaysia campaign.”
At the moment, Maxis offers fibre broadband with speeds ranging from 30Mbps to 800Mbps. As revealed during the launch of its Rangkaian Kita, Rangkaian Malaysia brand campaign, Maxis has access to over 21,000km of fibre coverage covering 5.5 million premises throughout the country. At the moment, they have 4.8 million converged subscribers that use both Maxis mobile and broadband services.
Besides Maxis’ own fibre broadband network, the green telco has signed access agreements with other fibre providers such as TM HSBB, SACOFA in Sarawak, Celcom Timur Sabah and TNB’s Allo, to expand its fibre broadband footprint nationwide.
