At the beginning of 2022,Genew stood out in Vodafone's Pre-RFQ response with high-quality technical solutions and OLT products, garnering high praise. Vodafone is a global mobile communications company headquartered in the UK and one of the largest mobile communications network companies in the world. Established in 1982, the company went public on the London Stock Exchange in 1991 and operates in multiple countries and regions worldwide. As of 2021, Vodafone had approximately 300 network partners worldwide, covering over 90 countries and regions, and served more than 400 million users globally.
From April 24 to 28, 2023, Vodafone invited genew to participate in the POC (Proof of Concept) test of the vOLT (Virtual OLT) solution for the GX3500-S series frame products in its TEVA laboratory located in Milan, Italy. vOLT is a new optical access solution based on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology. In this solution, the traditional optical line terminal (OLT) equipment is virtualized, transformed into a software form, and runs on standard computing hardware to provide more flexible and scalable broadband access services.genew successfully passed the first phase of the test, verifying the feasibility of the vOLT solution, indicating a high maturity and usability of Zhenyou's products and solutions.
POC (Proof of Concept) validation testing, also known as concept verification testing, is a type of test conducted during the development process of a product or system. The primary purpose of POC testing is to verify whether a certain idea, design or method is feasible in theory, whether it can operate normally in practice, and whether it meets the expected functional and performance requirements.
Vodafone has acknowledged the quality of genew's GX3500-S series frame product and the vOLT technology solution based on practical experience, further validating the feasibility of its envisioned vOLT architecture. The emergence of open network architecture will break the traditional software and hardware compatibility issues. On the general telecom cloud platform, hardware equipment can be upgraded more flexibly, and combined with software technology, it can flexibly provide customized and differentiated network application services. This is the major trend of the future development of optical fiber networks. The success of this joint validation has laid a solid foundation for the subsequent commercial deployment of both parties.
As a comprehensive communication solution provider driven by self-research, genew has been focusing on the independent research and development of a series of optical network products including optoelectronic integration, WDM, DCI/M-OTN/GPON/10G PON, etc., since 2005. It has formed a complete series of optical network solutions ranging from optical access networks, optical transmission networks, packet networks to core backbone networks, and is one of the first original manufacturers in China to launch a full self-research GPON, XG-PON, XGS-PON and Combo PON. In the future, Genew will remain true to its original aspiration, increase investment in research and development, and continuously polish its technology, in order to provide customers with higher quality products and solutions.