MTS will be able to connect flats in new housing complexes to ultra-fast internet in 2024. This is evidenced by the results of pre-commercial tests carried out at a contact center in Moscow, the press service of the digital ecosystem reports.
According to Vladislav Medvedev, technical director of MTS in the Moscow region, the information flow in RuNet is increasing by an average of 20% annually. At the same time, 65-70% of traffic comes from video streaming and computer games.
“According to our forecasts, gigabit home Internet will become the required minimum within the next two years, and access speeds of up to 10 Gbit/s using XGS-PON technology will be in demand within the next five years. To meet the growing demands of subscribers, MTS plans to connect residential complexes in Moscow to the XGS-PON line starting next year. “We are meeting with developers to commercialize the technology,” he said.
According to him, next year XGS-PON technology will allow users in Moscow to simultaneously connect a large number of devices and services that generate large amounts of traffic
“This is a technological breakthrough that will come to every modern home in a few years,” Medvedev added.
As MTS explained, to test XGS-PON technology, the company installed XGS-PON OLT (Optical Line Terminal) terminals at one of the nodes of the backbone fiber optic network in Moscow; transportation hub. On the subscriber side, XGS PON ONT (Optical Network Terminal) terminals were tested. Equipment connected to the transport network demonstrated seamless data transfer at speeds up to 10 Gbit/s upstream and downstream.
It is stated that XGS-PON fixed Internet technology has a data transfer rate of up to 10 Gbit/s per subscriber. This is 10 times higher than networks using current technology, GPON. This technology also allows you to connect modern Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) routers to the optical network with a wireless connection at speeds from 5 to 10 Gbit/s.