Mr. Ao li talked about GPON test

response to the remark:
GPON or EPON? Hasnt China committed to EPON as the way to do deployment? Why the new interest in GPON. THE AES security std in GPON has discouraged China's use and pushed to EPON. Is this a change?

What I wrote in the blog is about an interview on a person who is in charge of the GPON test in MII. I think the suitable description for the PON technology should be: the carriers think EPON is more matur than GPON, but they still want to test and follow the progress of GPON development. China has not decided to make large scale on PON deployment, so any technology still is possible.

11/12/2007, Mr. Ao, li is in charge of the technology work in the MII's standard institute in Beijing. According to an interview by a local newspaper, he send several information about the GPON appkication in mainland CHina. Under Ao, the institute just finished a multi-player test of GPON equipments with the cooperation of China Netcom.
1) China need to have more speaking power in the GPON area around the world. The test help Chinese carriers to understand the interconnection problems between GPON equipments from different suppliers.
2)Nearly all main stream GPON suppliers joined the test, Huawei is the first to get the licence.
3) From a GPON report by Beijing Telecom, they think GPON still need to improve in net management, system funtion, TDM processing. Commercial ASICs need further development.
4) GPON will lower their price, government should help manufactures on this problem.