05 March 2025

CamGSM, commercially known as Cellcard, is planning to migrate its fibre network from gigabit passive optical network (GPON) to 10 gigabit symmetric passive optical network (XGS-PON) using Nokia’s Lightspan and Altiplano broadband solutions.

The modernised network will improve end user experiences and bring multi-gigabit broadband access to homes and businesses across Cambodia, providing up to 10Gbps internet speeds to customers. It will also help Cellcard increase competitive advantage and enhance the reliability, flexibility and scale of its fibre network to better support evolving customer demands.

Cellcard will deploy Nokia’s Lightspan optical line terminals (OLTs) and its Altiplano access controller in the capital city Phnom Penh, as well as Siem Reap, the second-largest city in Cambodia, and other major cities across the country. The Altiplano access controller provides a cloud-native platform with a complete suite of network management and software-defined networking (SDN) control functions that will enable Cellcard to better visualise, automate and optimise the broadband access services it offers.

Using its Lightspan access nodes, Nokia adds, Cellcard will also be able to establish a future-ready network that can seamlessly evolve to 25G PON (an evolution of PON that can deliver internet speeds of up to 25Gbps) and immediately address the growing demand for more capacity. As well as enabling Cellcard to provide enhanced broadband services, the upgraded network will support new high-speed, low-latency applications such as augmented reality and virtual reality and will help Cellcard to reduce its power expenditure and lower its carbon emissions.