Fiber to the Home, FTTH

National Broadband Plan is there…

The FCC announced the national broadband plan. An ambitious plan to provide more Americans with broadband access and to bring the US back in leading nations in providing broadband access. The goals are :

Goal 1: At least 100 million U.S. homes should have affordable access to actual download speeds of at least 100 megabits per [...]

Google Fiber for Communities Project

March – 2010
Many of you might have been surprised about Google announcing their fiber network experiment. Google plans on building a super fast internet network and offer this service to at least 50,000 people up to half a million.  During this month communities interested in working together with Google to provide their community of a [...]

100 Gbit networks are coming this year

With a significant rollout starting in the data center and the first deployments of 100-Gbit/s transport in the long-haul network, 2010 is the year for 100G. Over the past eight years, many companies have made major investments in 40-Gbit/s technology with relatively little return, but with an eye on 100G. For some, that investment will [...]

Now more than 5 million FTTH subscribers in North America

November 2009 -  A recent study by RVA Market Research concluded that now more than 5 million people are subscribed to services delived over a FTTH network.  The total of homes connected to a FTTH network almost amount 18 million at this moment.
‘ The march to all-fiber networks is showing no sign of letting up [...]

Global broadband connections – Asia is leading in growth

Growth in broadband connections worldwide

4G – What does it mean for you…?

August – 4G is broadly used, but in essence refers to mobile communications standards.
It is the fourth generation and is succeeding 2G and 3G standards. 3G standards are widely referred to in commercials by telecommunication companies (Verizon, Sprint) , but can hardely provide the mobile internet services it promised. The increase of mobile internet, for [...]

Broadband boom in China expected

July 2009 -  In the next years a broadband boom in China is expected.  The main Chinese telecommunication companies (China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobile) have agressive broadband expansion plans.  Both DSL type and Fiber to the Home type solutions will accelerate and it expected broadband penetration will double in the next couple of [...]

Several telcos in Asia will deploy subsea fiber optic network

Several telcos in Asia will deploy subsea fiber optic network

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