Technology is only as good as it comes out of the laboratory and is demonstrated in the real world. Yesterday, October 23, Orange demonstrated “in real conditions the power of the fiber of the future.”
40 Gbps incoming throughput coming soon?
The “standard of tomorrow”, as described in the operator’s statement, which will be at the center of FTTH offers (which brings fiber to homes), will multiply current speeds by five. This means 40 Gbit/s of incoming speed that should ultimately be available to subscribers.
To demonstrate this future prowess, both in terms of connection speed and low latency and connection stability, Orange asked two players to compete in “2XKO,” the fighting game from Riot Games. Not just any players, since they were Kayane, who was in Marseille, and Crimson, in Lyon.
It is thanks to 50G-PON technology that Orange has been able to push the limits of what commercial fiber networks can offer. 50G-PON, which theoretically offers up to 50 Gbit/s, is the evolution of G-PON technology, which is at the heart of very high-speed offerings of up to 2 Gbit/s downstream speed (from the Internet to your home). The most efficient current offers are based on XGS-PON technology, such as the Livebox 7, launched in 2023. It allows theoretical speeds of 10 Gbit/s, with offers generally marketed at 8 Gbit/s.
So that?
40 Gbit/s what is it for? Meeting future needs would be the quickest response. However, Christian Gacon, director of Broadband Networks and Services at Orange, prefers to be more frank. Quoted in the operator’s press release, he stated: “It is still early to predict the possible applications of 50G-PON technology, but (…) it will be easy to evolve towards this technology when necessary.” And to conclude: “Orange, through its research activities, is preparing the future of its networks”, and therefore ours, since the competition will obviously have to continue…
Therefore, the time for mass deployment of 50G-PON has not yet come. However, within the IEEE and ITU-T the next step is already being prepared, 100G-PON is preparing its dizzying speeds… for uses that are also yet to be invented.
Source: BFM TV
