Millicom accelerates fibre deployments with Harmonic
February 20, 2024
Harmonic has announced that Millicom, a provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America through the TIGO brand, has successfully launched XGS-PON fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) with Harmonic’s cOS broadband platform. This expands on Millicom’s previously announced use of the cOS platform to provide high-speed broadband services across nine countries in Latin America.
“Adding fibre services with the Harmonic fibre solution enables us to ensure faster, reliable broadband experiences that delight our residential subscribers while simultaneously giving us the flexibility to offer ultrahigh-speed fibre broadband for enterprise accounts,” said Fabio Mando, Chief Technology Officer at Millicom. “With Harmonic’s platform, we simplify management of fibre and cable networks, increase speeds available to our customers and accelerate time to market of broadband services.”
Harmonic’s Ripple hybrid fibre-cable nodes, powered by the Jetty hardened switch and Fin SFP+ OLT modules, enable Millicom to augment existing nodes to deploy FTTH while continuing to deliver DOCSIS services. Advanced telemetry via cOS Central’s real-time network analytics provides Millicom new insights and actionable recommendations for optimal system performance.
“We’re excited to broaden our partnership with Millicom and further support their business growth,” added Nimrod Ben-Natan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Broadband Business at Harmonic. “With the cOS platform and Harmonic’s hybrid nodes, Millicom can fast-track cost-effective deployment of new high-speed fibre broadband across Latin America and increase access to their market-leading internet options.”