Wave7 Optics and SPIE Communications have announced that the Trident7 Optical Access Platform has been selected for a new municipal network called SEQUANTIC, which is slated to begin service in October 2007. This new point-to-multipoint network is a project initiated by the SIPPEREC public consortium, which represents the electricity and telecommunications interests of approximately 1.7 million residential, commercial and industrial customers located in 86 municipalities around Paris.