Bell hits 50 Gbps in test on existing fibre network

Bell announced Friday that it has successfully hit download speeds of 50 Gbps on its existing fibre infrastructure. The demonstration of the 50G PON (passive optical network) shows that the telco can get speeds of up to 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps and now 50 Gbps on a single fibre, it said, adding it opens the door to more use cases for its fibre infrastructure, including enterprise applications and 5G backhaul capabilities. The trial was completed with telecom Nokia at Bell’s Advanced Technical Lab in Montreal, and “demonstrates a major leap forward in network capacity and capability,” a press release said....