Magazine: December 2007
Contents of the December/January 2008 issue
Europe puts FTTH firmly on the agenda
The FTTH Council Europe has called for a 10-fold increase in the number of FTTH subscribers over the next five years. This objective will require political support, serious investment and careful market regulation if it is to succeed, as Joeri van Bogaert explains.
Mechanical splicing makes the grade
Once only considered suitable for temporary repairs, mechanical splicing is now being adopted as a reliable and economic method of connecting fibres in the access network. Rosemary McGlashon reports.
Consumers wire up their homes with POF
Plastic optical fibre can be installed very easily by the home user so as to enable high-bandwidth services, such as IPTV, to be distributed around the home, according to Roberto Gaudino.
Operators take on the FTTH challenge
FTTH has been waiting in the wings for years, but consumer demand for bandwidth-hungry services is now making it the star of the show. FibreSystems Europe asked two operators in the vanguard of FTTH deployment – KT of Korea and Stokab of Sweden – to share their experiences.
Passive optical networks must evolve to survive
The ideal FTTH network architecture will allow operators to upgrade their networks gradually without disturbing the existing fibre plant. WDM-PON is the answer, says Eugenio Iannone.