Gigabit Fibre-to-the-Home network

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Netherlands-based company Genexis, who is developing and manufacturing equipment for broadband fibre networks, is partnering with Case Western Reserve University to build the first of its kind Gigabit Fibre-to-the-Home network, called the Case Connection Zone, the pilot program will bring true broadband to communities. Instead of providing people with just basic Internet, telephony and television, the Case Connection Zone will provide a high speed network.

With a Gigabit fibre network, communities can access services such as healthcare and e-learning and at the same time provide people with open access to the economic opportunities that the Internet enables.

Genexis will provide its Gigabit per second Optical Communication Gateway to the Cleveland-based initiative. Installed in the home, the gateway converts ultra-high speed signals on optical fiber to well-known broadband services including voice, television and Internet.

With the first trial scheduled to launch later this quarter, the program aims to connect 25,000 residents in the US city of Cleveland. The initiative is joined by many leading Cleveland-based organisations including University Hospitals, The Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth Hospital System, OneCommunity, the Great Lakes Science Center, public safety forces and the City of Cleveland itself.

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