Taiwan’s main fixed-line telecom provider will build a gigabit passive optical network by the third quarter of 2011. Chunghwa Telecom will use the network to improve service for homes and businesses on the island of about 23 million people. Passive optical networks also can ease bandwidth bottlenecks. The carrier declined to estimate a cost or give technical details of the gigabit Passive optical network. It has also built gigabit networks with Verizon, France Telecom and Hong Kong Broadband Network Ltd.”]
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