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CASE STUDY: ROLLING OUT END-TO-END XGS-PON TECHNOLOGY IN THE UK


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K independent fibre broadband provider, Zzoomm, wanted to target market towns in the UK that it felt were underserved for broadband


service options. To be a market differentiator versus the


one incumbent provider, it decided that its customers should be able to select 10G broadband services should they wish to do so. Zzoomm selected Adtran for end-to-end XGS- PON full-fibre products and services to roll this out to the market quickly. Tis is their story.


About Zzoomm Zzoomm is designing, building and operating a new full-fibre network, where the fibre runs all the way into the property. Zzoomm is building- out this FTTP (fibre to the premises) network in towns and suburban areas across the UK where there is no existing access to a full-fibre network. Zzoomm plc was founded in December 2018


by experienced fibre network entrepreneur, Mathew Hare, OBE. Hare had previously founded ultrafast rural fibre broadband provider, Gigaclear, in 2010, which was acquired by Infracapital in 2018 for £270m. Zzoomm is headquartered in Oxford


and is establishing regional offices to drive infrastructure planning and build at a local level in its target market of UK towns and suburban areas.


Te Zzoomm Network Te Zzoomm network is built using Adtran XGS- PON fibre systems at its core. ‘Te advantage of XGS-PON is it lets Zzoomm have symmetric services, so up and down speeds are exactly the same, and we can deliver up to 10 gigabits


per second to every property, every home and every business on the network. Tat is quite unique in the towns we serve today. Adtran’s XGS-PON solution is a really flexible technology, and the way it works is, we build the network by basically puting new ducts into the ground or overhead on poles to then blow fibres to the homes and businesses, so they can get their fabulous broadband service,’ said Hare, CEO of Zzoomm. Zzoomm chose Adtran because it was looking


for a partner that could help it with the entire active technology stack, so it could go from the OLT systems in the cabinet to deliver the service to the ONT, which are the terminations you put into the home or the business and, in some cases, to some of the customer routers Zzoomm used to deliver wireless in the home or business. Te company is leveraging a full suite of


Adtran’s fibre broadband and home networking solutions, which are designed to maximise the customer broadband experience. For example, a challenge for residential subscribers in the UK is that many of the residential homes are older and are built using materials that can block Wi-Fi signals. To overcome this challenge, Zzoomm now


offers multiple services to the home using residential gateways which are leveraged to extend the Wi-Fi coverage across the home to multiple devices. At the core of its full-fibre network is Adtran’s


OLT fibre access systems, this allows Zzoomm to easily and seamlessly scale services within its service areas, this platorm ensures their customers have the network they need today and across future decades. ‘Zzoomm’s relationship with Adtran is


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THE ADVANTAGE OF XGS-PON IS IT LETS ZZOOMM HAVE SYMMETRIC SERVICES, SO UP AND DOWN SPEEDS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME


without doubt really quite exciting, so it has very, very good moments and, as always, when you come across a problem, it has challenging moments, but we have a very good working relationship with Adtran,’ Hare said. ‘When there are hiccups, we work together and come up with a solution, so that means our customers end up being happy customers, which is why Zzoomm continues to be the success it is and grow.’ Zzoomm is currently in the build phase of


the network and is adding thousands of homes and businesses to the network. Henley-on- Tames was the first town to benefit, with full fibre brought to residents and businesses in the area. More recently, more customers have been connected to the network in Hereford, Crewe, Cannock, Tirsk and Crowthorne. Te operator expects to continue adding


homes for the next three to four years as fibre is rolled out en masse across the UK. Adtran’s end- to-end full fibre solutions are key to the success of Zzoom’s 10-gigabit delivery.n


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