DZS announced that Botswana Fibre Networks (BoFiNet), a leading wholesale provider of national and international telecommunications infrastructure in Africa and operator of the largest fibre network in the country, has deployed key solutions within the DZS Access and Subscriber Edge portfolios to deliver world-class digital connectivity and to help drive economic growth. BoFiNet is leveraging market-leading DZS Velocity Fibre-To-The-Business (FTTB) systems and DZS Helix premises solutions to execute its ongoing mission of being the communications backbone of the country by bringing multi-gigabit digital services to licensed communications service providers, governmental bodies and anchor institutions. Armed with DZS solutions, BoFinet?s customers can deliver the latest generation of fibre-enabled services to their end-users.

As part of the project, BoFiNet is deploying DZS solutions, leveraging 10-Gigabit symmetrical passive optical networking (XGS-PON) technology to enable fibre connected businesses and anchor institutions in the cities of Mahalapye, Kanye, Tlokweng and Molepolole. This state-of-the-art network enables BoFiNet to expand its existing communications infrastructure, allowing for the seamless integration of next-generation data, voice and video services and positions the company to be the primary source of ultra-high-speed internet bandwidth for corporate, government bodies, institutional anchors, retail users and individual business customers throughout the region. DZS solutions and services being deployed by BoFiNet include: DZS Velocity Broadband Access Edge solutions.

DZS Velocity fibre access systems, featuring environmentally hardened Fibre-To-The-X (FTTX) optical line terminal (OLT) line cards that support multi-gigabit services leveraging gigabit passive optical networking (GPON), XGS-PON and combo technologies. DZS Helix Subscriber Edge solutions. DZS optical network terminals (ONTs) provide wired connectivity within the residence and enterprise, while advanced DZS mesh gateway solutions enable carrier-class WiFi for whole-home and business coverage.

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