Huawei has increased its role in the broadband deployment of eircom, Ireland’s former incumbent and largest telecommunications provider. The Chinese telecom equipment vendor has been selected as the technology partner and equipment supplier for the first of a multi-phased rollout of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology across Ireland.
The initial contract is worth an estimated €10 million. Huawei will provide optical line terminals (OLTs) and optical network terminals (ONTs) that will support broadband speeds up to 1Gb/s.