KT leverages DZS to make leap to multi-gigabit speeds in Southern Korea

DZS (DZSI) announced that KT Corporation (KT), the Republic of Korea’s largest wireline broadband service provider and a DZS customer since 2005, has chosen the DZS Velocity Access EDGE platform and advanced optical line terminal, OLT, technology as the foundation for its new 10 Gigabits per second Fiber-to-the-Premises, FTTP, Ethernet Passive Optical Networking, EPON, infrastructure across the country’s southern half including the Daegu, Busan and Gwangju regions. The network upgrade will support world-class residential and business internet, voice and video services throughout the region. "The Republic of Korea has consistently been recognized as a broadband and 5G world leader, with some of the world’s fastest mobile and broadband internet speeds and many of the most advanced applications, including large-scale AR/VR/XR and metaverse," said Daniel Won, Chief Customer Officer, Asia at DZS. "We are proud that we continue to earn the business of our long-time partner and global telecommunications leader, which is relying on DZS to create their next-generation EPON access network infrastructure for both residential and business customers. We are one of the leading network equipment developers and vendors in all of Korea and by deploying DZS Velocity platforms, KT will both significantly enhance their PON network and outpace their competition with world-class 10 gig services."