The Broadband Universal Access System from ZTE Corporation could help operators make a major impact on their carbon footprint as well as save millions of dollars a year in power costs as revealed by the company. ZTE's DSLAM ZXDSL FSAP 9806H overreaches the European code of conduct on energy consumption for broadband equipments from a power consumption point offering a significant power consumption savings per port. "Operators are becoming increasingly aware of their responsibility towards the environment," says Zhang Xinyu, director, global market, fixed network management team at ZTE. 

ZTE's 9806H is a network device offering up to 96 ADSL2+ lines or 64 VDSL2 lines in a 2U rack and is located near the customers' location, thus connecting multiple DSLs to a high-speed internet line using multiplexing techniques.  This Broadband Universal Access System is perfectly suited for this fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) network architecture model and enables operators to build a next-generation broadband network while reusing existing copper cables.  This helps preserve operators’ existing investments and maximise the revenues associated to new broadband services, including video-on-demand, IPTV, and Internet games.

By equipping its DSLAM solution with a passive optical network (PON) uplink card, ZTE has reduced the amount of fibre required - when compared to traditional, point-to-point Ethernet architectures - allowing operators to serve multiple premises using a single optical fibre cable.  This means ZTE's solution enables broadband operators to significantly limit their power consumption, achieving substantial cost savings and a reduced carbon footprint.

ZTE's Broadband Universal Access System has been awarded the Best Green Innovation award at Convergence World 2008, held in April in the UK as well as the InfoVision award in the Access Network Technologies and Services category at the Broadband World Forum 2007 held in Germany.