Corning is collaborating with Wesco International and Nokia to help accelerate and simplify last-mile broadband deployment in rural and regional networks. Wesco will be the first distributor to launch a new fibre-to-the-home kit featuring Corning's award-winning FlexNAP components.

The Corning solution, with its passive optical components, complements the active components in Nokia's Network in a Box solution, announced in June and distributed through Wesco. By stocking both, Wesco now offers components, software and services for last-mile networks reaching up to 1,000 homes.

“Smaller operators have a big part to play in bringing high-speed connections to more people and more communities,” said Steve Mitchell, Senior Vice President, Carrier Networks, Corning Optical Communications. “Corning is proud to work with Wesco and Nokia to give operators of rural and regional networks everything they need to bring fibre to homes more quickly as we work together to connect the unconnected.”

By eliminating splicing in the field and providing an end-to-end passive infrastructure, FlexNAP, pioneered by Corning, allows operators to complete projects up to five times faster and significantly reduces the need for skilled labour. Operators can deploy with up to 30% lower total cost than other FTTH solutions. By combining FlexNAP with Nokia’s Network in a Box, Wesco will be the distributor of the combined active and passive solutions from Corning and Nokia.

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Image: Corning work with Nokia and Wesco to bring efficient installation of fibre-to-the-home technologies.