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London to get first BT brownfield FTTH trial
News BT is to begin its first brownfield pilot of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in the Highams Park area of north-east London Previously, the IT and telecommunications giant tested a greenfield deployment FTTH at the new Ebbsfleet development in Kent, but...
[August 7, 2009, 17:00]
Local Powering Solutions for Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Technology
White Papers A review of the purpose for a battery back-up solution in the Fiber To The Home (FTTH) application will be followed by listing three powering options available to locally power the Optical Network Termination device (ONT) while briefly outlining...
[July 6, 2007, 3:32]
BT trials FTTH
Talkback Bell Canada successfully built and tested their first trial area for FTTH in 1980, yes, almost 30 YEARS ago in Toronto. And to think that BT used to be in the forefront of technological advancement !
[August 11, 2009, 9:33]
Protection Networking of Ethernet PON FTTH Access Network
White Papers Massive deployment of FTTH fiber network causes protection to FTTH network a crucial need. Most FTTH access networks are protected from failure by having redundant network equipments. These are not economical approaches, as the redundant systems...
[July 8, 2008, 1:01]
Deploying CWDM to Overcome Bandwidth Limitations of FTTH Access Networks
White Papers FTTH networks in North America are being built using various PON architectures fed from a common backhaul. As networks grow in terms of geographic reach, subscriber counts and the scope and number of services offered, Coarse Wave Division...
[July 8, 2008, 1:01]
Asia outstrips Europe, US in fibre rollout
News Asian countries continue to surpass Europe and North America in the adoption of fibre-to-the-home technology, according to a new global ranking study by the FTTH Councils of Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.
[July 25, 2008, 8:20]
Home fibre broadband hits landmark
News Fibre to the home (FTTH) is making slow but steady progress in western Europe, with nearly one million users connected. A report from research company Informa Telecoms and Media has found that despite breaking the one million barrier across western...
[March 2, 2007, 10:24]
Fiber to the Home Architectures
White Papers The interest in deployments of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) is rising, particularly in Europe. Although initial FTTH deployments in Europe were mainly carried out by municipalities and utilities, large incumbent operators are starting to announce FTTH...
[March 25, 2008, 7:45]
The light at the end of the fibre
Leader But the telco won't be rushed: when there's demand for FTTH, it says, it will do it. The biggest risk from BT's timidity isn't that FTTH won't happen — it will — but that investors will see their chance to fund the revolution on their terms.
[September 28, 2007, 14:55]
BT to roll out fibre to 10m UK homes
News BT, which has already been trialling fibre to the home (FTTH) at a new development in Ebbsfleet, Kent, has said the new programme will cost £1.5bn. BT's fibre rollout will be a mix of FTTH and fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), with the former taking...
[July 15, 2008, 11:09]
Any community CANdo it!
Talkback And many have the same aspirations as Alston and seem to be at similar stages in the achievement process of FTTH. in Nenthead and Alston, new wireless kit to upgrade Cybermoor's existing wireless connections etc, as I understand it - it really is...
[February 4, 2009, 12:53]
Openreach releases ISP pricing for London fibre trial
News The IT and telecommunications giant has already tested a greenfield deployment of FTTH at the new Ebbsfleet development in Kent, but the Highams Park pilot will mark BT's first brownfield fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment in an existing...
[September 22, 2009, 16:46]
Outgoing BT chief hints at fibre rollout
News Such a rollout would mean faster connectivity for users than that provided by the existing all-copper connections between premises and exchanges, but not as fast as that promised by "fibre to the home" (FTTH).
[July 19, 2007, 14:40]
Broadband group outlines fibre rollout costs
News The higher figure represents the cost of running fibre directly to users' premises, or fibre to the home (FTTH). This does not mean that FTTH should be ruled out, but it is likely that FTTH deployments will be more localised, in new-build locations...
[September 8, 2008, 17:27]
Jump seen in global fixed broadband connections
News According to the research firm, fibre-based services will grow steadily over the next few years, with FTTH (fibre-to-the-home), FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises) and Ethernet connections accounting for about 20 percent of the global consumer broadband...
[September 25, 2009, 15:09]
Fibre broadband demands more bandwidth
News The study, by market-development organisation the FTTH Council Europe, compared usage by consumers with FTTH (fibre to the home) to ADSL usage across four European countries, finding that FTTH homes currently drive three times more traffic than...
[July 9, 2008, 9:42]
MPs unhappy over ADSL dominance
Talkback Yeah right of course BT want FTTH - but as long as the shareholders don't have to pay for it . I'm sure BT would end up asking govt.to stump up the cost of this, even though they are not a privately owned monopoly.
[February 25, 2004, 3:06]
Expand Service Offerings With Cisco Managed Media Solution V2.1
White Papers The Managed Media Solution allows High-Speed Data (HSD) operators to host content in the online video and addressable advertising markets from within their cable and wireline (DSL and FTTH) broadband access networks, while reducing expenses...
[June 13, 2008, 1:01]
Bredbaand Nord Launches Video Service Over Cisco IP Next-Generation Network
White Papers Cisco along with the company Bredbaand Nord launched video services over a Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) platform comprising a headend from Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company and a Cisco Ethernet Fiber-To-The-Home (E...
[November 17, 2007, 0:00]
Bournemouth ready for first Fibrecity homes
News Once complete, Bournemouth will be able to boast the largest fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment in the UK, according to H2O. Cable broadband provider Virgin Media recently launched a 50Mbps broadband service which, while not a true FTTH deployment...
[January 21, 2009, 8:14]
