http://www.ftthblog.com The world is getting wired with fiber. Tune in for daily updates on the business and technology of fiber to the home. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:38:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alcatel-Lucent (Alca-Lu) has been selected by Icelandic fixed line incumbent Siminn to supply its gigabit passive optical network (GPON) fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment. http://www.ftthblog.com/siminn-selects-alcatel-lucent-for-gpon-ftth-equipment Indian national operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(BSNL)has put out a request for proposals for GEPON (Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network) equipment. UTStarcom Inc. looks well placed as it is already working with BSNL on the carrier’s DSL access network, with partner IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM - message board), and ... http://www.ftthblog.com/indian-operator-bnsl-puts-out-rfp-for-gepon-gear Tullahoma, TN residents will soon be seeing engineers and installation crews working in town on the initial stages of the city’s FTTP network. Asked how Tullahoma’s FTTP differs from others, Toccalino said, "Honestly from what we can see it’s that the system is a very clean system," meaning that the TUB ... http://www.ftthblog.com/work-on-the-tullahoma-fttp-system-to-commence Michael Render, president of RVA Market Research and Consulting, is defending his recently published data on US FTTH subscribers. His numbers have been questioned as too high by Teresa Mastrangelo, principal analyst at BroadbandTrends. “Certainly all estimates of markets have error, but RVA uses one of the most extensive processes ever ... http://www.ftthblog.com/michael-render-defends-ftth-subscriber-data France Telecom has announced its proposal to open its ducts to its competitors. Access to existing civil engineering structures will include all information relevant to operators (maps, chamber locations, etc.), enabling them to install their own FTTH network by applying appropriate engineering rules. http://www.ftthblog.com/france-telecom-offers-to-open-its-ducts-to-competitors XFONE has announced that NTS Communications has recently been approved by the United States Department of Agriculture to receive $11.8 million in Rural Utilities Service (RUS) broadband loan funding ... http://www.ftthblog.com/nts-granted-rural-utilities-funds-to-finance-build-out-of-fiber-to-the-premise-network Golden Telecom has announced the results of the first stage of its "Triple-65" project–the rollout of fiber-optic networks in major cities of Russia using fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) technology. In the last three months almost 65,000 broadband subscribershave been added in the most competitive market of Moscow. The companies ... http://www.ftthblog.com/golden-telecom-and-corbina-telecom-ahead-of-schedule-on-triple-65-fttb-project Worldwide PON equipment sales, including, BPON, EPON, and GPON, sequentially grew 3% in the second quarter of 2007, reaching $396 million, says Infonetics Research in its "PON and FTTH Equipment and Subscribers" report. http://www.ftthblog.com/pon-equipment-sales-up-3-ethernet-ftth-up-9-in-2q07 The New Zealand Institute has come out strongly lobbying for a national fibre to the home rollout saying it has identified national economic benefits from broadband in the range of $NZ2.7-$NZ4.4 billion per year with further upside potential possible. http://www.ftthblog.com/new-zealand-institute-wants-ftth 180 Connect Inc. has announced that it has been awarded the contract to provide the fiber-to-the-home ("FTTH") and video and technology services to Southfork Landing, a 868 acre, 606 homes planned community located in Boise County, Idaho. The project is scheduled to begin immediately with a term of approximately two ... http://www.ftthblog.com/180-connect-lands-idaho-ftth-contract Telephony Online reports that Alcatel-Lucent is leaning towards a hybrid WDM-PON approach as the next gen alternative to the current GPON FTTH networks: In a hybrid system, carriers would replace their GPON wavelengths with four different GPON wavelengths, all within the existing 20 nanometer window but partitioned in smaller 5-nm slices. ... http://www.ftthblog.com/hybrid-wdm-pon-approach-favored-by-alca-lu-for-next-gen-pon Wave7 Optics has announced that Servei de Telecommunications d’Andorra (STA) has selected Wave7 Optics, Telindus SAU and Cisco Spain to construct a new Next Generation Network (NGN) FTTP network, using Wave7’s Trident7 Platform in the access network and Cisco Routers in the aggregation network. http://www.ftthblog.com/wave7-optics-to-build-new-fttp-network-for-in-andorra ZD Net Australia has published a global overview article on FTTH connections, (US and North America not included). Australia is given a good overview: However, a full-scale nationwide deployment is unlikely. According to Telstra, the company is only considering FTTH in "new greenfield estates where there is appropriate investment by the ... http://www.ftthblog.com/global-ftth-overview-2 The number of households in the US with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections has now reached 2.14mn, representing 2% of all homes in the country, according to a new study by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council. http://www.ftthblog.com/2-million-us-homes-have-ftth Telephony online has published a 2007 FTTH Con article on opportunities for startups: In general, start-ups can attract attention by promising to cut the in-home costs of fiber deployment. Though discussions of fiber-to-the-x costs typically focus on getting fiber to the side of the home, in-home costs can add more than ... http://www.ftthblog.com/ftth-startup-opportunities This Lightwave article details the latest progress on European FTTH. Included is a nice chart showing FTTx penetration in European countries. http://www.ftthblog.com/latest-on-europes-moves-on-ftth Alcatel-Lucent has announced that Telenor, Norway’s leading service provider, has selected Alcatel-Lucent as a preferred supplier for broadband access solutions, encompassing fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) as well as fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and VDSL2. http://www.ftthblog.com/telenor-selects-alcatel-lucent-for-broadband-access-solutions Lewiston, Maine-based Oxford Networks has announced it will invest more than $4 million to install a 34½-mile fiber-optic network in downtown Bangor and Brewer both in Maine, offering business customers  FTTP service. http://www.ftthblog.com/business-fttp-network-in-bangor-maine The Tullahoma Utilities Board has approved the $3.6 million dollar bid for design and construction of the FTTP (fiber to the premises) telecommunications project from Atlantic Engineering Group. http://www.ftthblog.com/tullahoma-tn-36-million-fttp-project-approved FTTP Solution is Deployed at 250 Service Providers and Over 450 Communities. Calix has announced that it has now shipped over 200,000 gigabit passive optical network (GPON) optical network terminals (ONTs) to ... http://www.ftthblog.com/calix-surpasses-200000-gpon-onts