The golden opportunity to challenge incumbents
Altnet Service Providers, often also referred to as Fiber Overbuilders and fiber innovators, are the catalysts for broadband innovation across the globe. Unbridled by legacy infrastructure, Altnets take advantage of new technologies and business models to bring world-class broadband connectivity, instant turn-up of services and superior multi-gig in-home experiences to a wide variety of markets –underserved, unserved, and even highly competitive.
Characterized by agility, Altnets bring a “can do” attitude and desire to introduce new services to your markets and subscribers, a need to differentiate their brand and scale with finite resources, and a “pay-as-you-grow” philosophy that values flexible architectures and business models and close vendor relationships.
Why Zhone?
Zhone has a long history of partnering and enabling many of the most successful Altnet Service Providers around the world, helping them to roll out differentiated multi-gigabit services and take ownership of the ultimate subscriber experience, all while driving operational costs out of their network and introducing new services.
Let Zhone help you to unleash multi-gig broadband, faster service introduction and deliver an unparalleled subscriber experience.
Why Altnets are capturing a disproportionate share of the broadband market?
As an Altnet, you are challenging incumbent service providers and growing at an exponential rate, connecting rural and underserved communities with multi-gigabit broadband services across the globe.
Be Tech-Savvy
Quickly adopt the latest technological advancements in software, AI, PON, 5G and WiFi
Be Agile
Turn up broadband connectivity services almost instantly by leveraging new software tools
Be Value-Based
Deliver multi-gigabit broadband services and bundles at a competitive price
Freedom Fibre Brings High-Performance Fiber Access to Northwest England
Fiber innovator works with TalkTalk to bring high-powered GPON and XGS-PON broadband access to thousands of homes, while saving time and costs for the operator.
Altnets Successfully Deploy Fiber Broadband
Zhone is a trusted partner enabling Altnet Service Providers and Fiber Overbuilders to deliver the most innovative, cost-effective and multi-gigabit broadband infrastructure and successfully compete with incumbents.
Our solutions are uniquely architected to provide open and world-class broadband performance with unrivaled flexibility and the lowest total cost of ownership.
See for yourself how these service providers worked with Zhone to transform their broadband businesses and connect communities.
Tachus Leverages Zhone to Deliver Symmetrical Gigabit Services
Since 2019, Tachus has teamed with Zhone to build a world-class fiber optic infrastructure that passes over 25,000 homes in the suburbs of Houston, Texas.
Zhone has been a strategic partner and enabler throughout Tachus’ rapid growth, providing highly scalable and environmentally hardened Zhone Velocity platforms deployed from central offices and cabinets throughout Tachus’ service area, as well as a variety of Zhone Helix ONTs to terminate GPON at each premises depending on the service need.
With growth in both new customers and upgrade requests continuing even during the global pandemic, Tachus has continued to accelerate forward, recently implementing 10 Gbps XGS-PON services in parts of its network.
Delivering Hyper-Fast and Ultra-Convenient Gigabit Connectivity
4th Utility is an independent broadband ISP that partners with landlords, developers and builders, to accelerate their nationwide UK fiber buildout featuring state-of-the-art Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology and revolutionary service provisioning software.
Recognizing that fast, reliable broadband connectivity has become as essential UK homes and businesses as water, power and waste management, 4th Utility takes connectivity to a new level enabling symmetrical gigabit-capable services within 60 seconds of starting the service-the-service initiation process, which stands in stark contrast to a typical five working day activation window for other UK providers offering similar services.
Beanfield Expands Symmetrical Gigabit Services into Montreal
Beanfield Metroconnect leverages Zhone solutions to bring its highly successful portfolio of residential and business broadband services to Montreal, Canada.
A specialist in providing a full spectrum of advanced broadband services to multi-dwelling units (MDUs), multi-tenant units (MTUs) and small businesses, Zhone has been a key strategic supplier to Beanfield during its period of rapid growth.
With more than 700 buildings in Canada already leveraging Helix Optical Networking Terminals (ONTs) and GPON technology, Zhone solutions enable Beanfield to deliver world-class services to thousands of MDUs, MTUs, campuses and potential customers passed by the largest independent fiber optic network covering Canada’s two largest cities.
Leading the Way with Innovation
Zhone solutions provide you the agility to rapidly introduce, turn-up and scale next-generation fiber-based services and a highly differentiated experience on a pay-as-you-grow basis. Unparalleled Cloud software solutions combined with a wide range of form factors that scale from compact, pay-as-you grow fixed form factor systems to large chassis with industry-leading density, Zhone solutions transform you into a multi-gigabit experience provider delivering next-gen, hyper-fast broadband services to your community.
