IN THIS ISSUE:President's Letter
Give Us Green Content, Says Developer Crowd
By Scott DeGarmo, President & CEO
Get ready for the Summit, September 10-12
Editor's Note
Europe: An Unintended Laboratory for American Policy
By Steven S. Ross, Editor-in-Chief
Japan adds more FTTH customers every month than any other nation about 300,000. The US has the fastest FTTH growth rate, more than doubling last year and expected to redouble in 2007 and 2008. Europe? Just 820,000 FTTH customers by mid-2006, almost all in just five countries.
Provider Perspective
The User Manual Is A Loser Manual
By Bryan J. Rader, Bandwidth Consulting LLC
Private Cable Operators should follow the example of the best electronic retailers and some FTTH providers to educate consumers about the new technologies we want them to pay for.
INTERNATIONAL REPORT
Market Outlook
First Mile
This month's special focus is on international trends. FTTH is being helped by competitive pressures, relentless cuts in deployment costs, and the advent of HDTV. But governments must level the playing field against entrenched interests.
Exclusive Barcelona Coverage
GPON Gains in Europe
By Steven S. Ross, Editor-in-Chief
The FTTH Council Europe annual conference in Barcelona showcased cost-cutting technologies and new business cases for fiber deployments. It also highlighted continuing problems with European Union telecommunications policy.
The International Top 30
What struck us most this year was these companies' ability to shave deployment costs and create new business cases for FTTH. Among the companies to watch that you probably never heard about: Arcadis, Damaka, Dasan, TBBLOB, and UTStar.com.
DEPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY
The Pipe Is There: Using Existing Infrastructure to Speed FTTH Deployment
By Dr. Jey K. Jeyapalan, P.E.
North American water, gas, sewer and electric utilities should be getting into the fiber network business, as they are in Europe. Here's why along with the technical details utilities need to start the ball rolling. Our author is one of the world's great experts on underground utilities; his ASTM committee has helped write the standards.
Building to Meet the Great Bandwidth Rush
By Tiber F.T. van Melsem Kocsis, Emtelle
Blown fiber isn't always the best way to go. But when conditions are right, it can minimize deployment time and distruption when building urban fiber networks and save money, too.
INDEPENDENT TELCOS
Telco Deployment News
By Masha Zager, Telecom Editor
Two companies Windstream Communications and Optical Entertainment Network have moved forward with very large-scale fiber deployments, while a number of other independents are bringing fiber to greenfield, brownfield and even commercial developments. Featured this month: ATMC, Jaguar Communications, OEN Fision, Shentel, SureWest, Twin Valley Telephone, Webster-Calhoun Cooperative, West Texas Rural Telephone Cooperative, Windstream Communications. Suppliers include Alloptic, APA Cables & Networks, ECI Telecom, Motorola, Optibase, and Telco Systems.
TelecomCity Karlskrona
State-of-the-Art Fiber Meets 300-Year-Old Buildings
By Staff Reporter
A Swedish-style open-access network opens the way for innovative services and economic development in the ancient city of Karlsdrona. |
