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NEW RECORD FOR MYNET: FIRST IN ITALY AND EUROPE TO LAUNCH FIBRE AT 50 GIGA SPEED

12/22/2022

MANTOVA - First in Italy and across Europe, Mantua is breaking speed barriers and opening the door to 50 Giga fibre optics. In fact, Mynet has announced that it has completed the first Italian and European test of the 50G-PON service on its fibre network activated at the University of Mantua, a concrete demonstration of the telecommunications operator's ongoing innovation and leadership in fibre broadband services and technologies.

The test, conducted by the telecommunications operator in collaboration with the Faculty of Computer Engineering and the Municipality of Mantua, in fact inaugurates the new era of 50 Gbps GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) fibre outside of laboratories and at real networks deployed in cities: this technology multiplies by up to twenty times the maximum speed attainable by current commercially deployed GPON technologies. 50G-PON is a type of passive optical network (PON) that uses a single shared optical fibre of up to 128 clients to transmit high-speed data, reaching a theoretical maximum data transfer rate of 50 Gigabits per second.

At present, the main technology used is 2.5Gbit/s GPON (with some implementations in limited cities at 10Gbit/s, including Mantua, Verona and Brescia on Mynet's proprietary network), but in recent years the rapid development of new services such as augmented reality, virtual reality and various cloud applications have pushed the accelerator on the evolution of optical access technologies. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) itself had officially endorsed the first version of the 50G PON standard in September 2021, which is now regarded as the main standard for next-generation PON technology and can be used in various application scenarios such as governments, businesses, homes and industrial clusters.

One of the major advantages of 50G-PON technology is being able to provide today's ultra-broadband profiles (2.5 to 10 Gbit/s), but with up to 100 per cent guaranteed minimum bandwidth, which is essential for small and medium-sized businesses, and services with peak speeds above 10Gbit/s best-effort for residential customers.

The field test conducted by Mynet at the University of Mantua is a fundamental step in shaping the future of the sector from the point of view of technological innovation and the exploration of possible application scenarios. Mynet General Manager Giovanni Zorzoni said: ‘It is an honour for Mynet to conduct the first field test in Europe of 50Gbit/s technology on shared fibre precisely in the city of Mantua and within the University where those engineers who then go on to contribute to the ITU standards whose practical application we now see are trained.