Enablence Technologies (search for Enablence Technologies), supplier of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) equipment for residential and business services, has received U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA RUS) acceptance for the TRIDENT7 optical line terminals (OLTs) and optical network terminals (ONTs) for deployment under the Rural Development Broadband Loan program.

The USDA RUS Broadband Access Loan program provides loans for funding the costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities to provide broadband service to eligible rural communities of up to 20,000 homes. Effective immediately, this acceptance covers both standards supported by TRIDENT7, ITU G.984.1-4 GPON and IEEE 802.3 GEPON.

Enablence Technologies (search for Enablence Technologies), supplier of fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) equipment for residential and business services, has received U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA RUS) acceptance for the TRIDENT7 optical line terminals (OLTs) and optical network terminals (ONTs) for deployment under the Rural Development Broadband Loan program.

The USDA RUS Broadband Access Loan program provides loans for funding the costs of construction, improvement, and acquisition of facilities to provide broadband service to eligible rural communities of up to 20,000 homes. Effective immediately, this acceptance covers both standards supported by TRIDENT7, ITU G.984.1-4 GPON and IEEE 802.3 GEPON.

"This acceptance by the USDA further reaffirms that Enablence's products meet the various requirements for full FTTP deployments," contends Arvind Chhatbar, CEO of Enablence.

Network operators can now utilize USDA RUS broadband funding to serve communities with TRIDENT7 systems, which deliver high-speed Internet, digital voice, radio frequency (RF) and Internet protocol-based digital (IP) television.