German mobile operator Deutsche Telekom has signed a contract with Ericsson to deploy the latter’s EDA 1200 solution, a cutting edge VDSL2 platform for broadband access.

German mobile operator Deutsche Telekom has signed a contract with Ericsson to deploy the latter’s EDA 1200 solution, a cuttingedge VDSL2 platform for broadband access. The move will accelerate the rollout of Deutsche Telekom’s broadband services across Germany, and will enable internet access with downlink speeds of up to 50 Mbps. According to the contract, the VDSL2 platform will be managed by Ericsson’s ServiceOn Access, a multi-technology network management system allowing end-to-end management of the high speed network.