SLT tests High Speed VDSL2 project

Sri Lanka Telecom the only wireline operator in the country, said it had soft-launched a VDSL2 (Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2) fixed broadband service.

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Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) yesterday announced the soft launch of its VDSL2 (Very-High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line 2) advanced fixed broadband technology.

The addition of this new technology means the company’s broadband users can expect speeds of up to 100Mbps. This was demonstrated to Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Ranjith Siyambalapitiya in the presence of SLT Group CEO Lalith De Silva and many other top officials held at the Sri Lanka Telecom Regional Office in Kegalle recorded data speeds in excess of 90Mbps.

Another option that companies are looking at implementing is Fibre-to-the-Neighbourhood/Node (FTTN). Instead of installing fibre-optic cables along each street, FTTN has fibre going to the main junction box to a particular neighbourhood. This is the very same network architecture SLT has deployed for its ongoing network modernisation projects such as ‘i-Sri Lanka’ (access network) and the Next Generation Network (NGN) – the core network.




Source: FT.lk