Solution Briefs

Outdoor Optical Line Terminal (OLT) cabinets, often the location of the last actives in a PON infrastructure, require continuous power to avoid service disruptions and outages. High-performance and reliable energy storage solutions are essential to network continuity and customer satisfaction.

Unlike alternative energy storage solutions, such as lead-acid or lithium-ion batteries, ATX’s Areca™ hybrid supercapacitors rely on electrostatic processes, rather than electrochemical, to discharge stored energy, increasing their tolerance to extreme weather and making them less susceptible to chemical leakage and other hazardous events, including thermal runaway.

Broadband providers that utilize Areca hybrid supercapacitors in their OLT cabinets are discovering that the solution’s high performance, light weight and set-and-forget maintenance profile are contributing to overall network reliability and reductions in operational costs and installation complications.

Discover the capabilities and benefits:

• Why Areca 48V modules enable FTTH providers to maintain connectivity service several times longer than lead-acid batteries
• How tolerance to weather extremes increases network uptime and improves overall network resiliency
• How Areca’s deployment and orientation flexibility enables FTTH providers to free-up valuable real estate compared to lead-acid batteries

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