Is a optical network terminal (ONT) a modem?

Definition given by Wikipedia:

A modulator-demodulator, commonly referred to as a modem, is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio. A modem transmits data by modulating one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information, while the receiver demodulates the signal to recreate the original digital information.

So fiber optics are not analog, but then again, neither are modern phone lines that use VoIP. No analog (as in analogous to sound waves) signal goes over them, both ends are permanently connected to modems. Yet it's still called a modem.

I think that turning a laser on and off can technically be described as modulating a carrier wave, so that part of the definition fits.

The ONT is fulfilling the same function as a modem, except the medium is a fiber optic cable instead of a copper one, so that makes me want to call it a modem by analogy. An electric burner doesn't burn anything either.

Thoughts?