China Telecom has selected Alcatel-Lucent to bring broadband services to over 26 million people. Under the agreement secured through Alcatel-Lucent's flagship company in China, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell, the company is assisting China Telecom to implement a plan to connect un-served or under-served areas of the country by putting in place a fibre optic broadband access network. The 'Broadband China, Fibre Cities' project will involve the deployment of a mix of PON technologies connecting homes, office buildings and remote 'nodes' which can then distribute the broadband signals to multiple locations over existing copper wires. Following the deployment, China Telecom will be able to offer subscribers a range of consumer and business services, including IPTV, VoD, VoIP at speeds of up to 50Mbps with QoS levels. This project is a central element of China Telecom's plan to extend its FTTH coverage to 100 million users by the end of China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). Alcatel will supply its Intelligent Services Access Manager (ISAM) product family, which supports GPON, EPON and DSL technologies and enables FTTH, FTTN and FTTB deployment models. The ISAM family is a cornerstone of Alcatel-Lucent's High Leverage Network architecture.
