Fiber Broadband Networks - Moving to a Gigabit World

Technology Analysis

Stimulus packages have initiated the fiber network build up in some countries, in several cases this has inhibited the Telco’s initiative to participate independently in the process. Telco’s have initiated phased upgrade to fiber network to compete with cable operator’s move to DOCSIS 3.0 raising the bandwidth capabilities to deliver high speed broadband. Telco’s have seen steady uptake of the FTTH/B service through innovative marketing of triple play service which have been driven by recent popularity in IPTV.

This report offers analysis on the penetration of fiber broadband in the fixed broadband market and its implications for Telco’s providing internet services. Five year forecasts on subscribers and revenues split by major geographical region. The report discusses the key inhibitors and drivers of growth and technological developments within this space. It provides a snapshot of country specific fiber network initiatives by Telco’s and its impact.

Table of Contents

  • 1. GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND STIMULUS SEED FIBER BROADBAND
  • 2. WHERE FIBER BROADBAND IS AND WHERE IT IS GOING
    • 2.1. Fiber Broadband Technology Overview
    • 2.2. Fiber Market Drivers and Inhibitors
      • 2.2.1. Ethernet Passive Optical Network versus Gigabit Passive Optical Network
      • 2.2.2. Economic Condition and Cost of Labor
      • 2.2.3. Lack of Services that Require Bandwidths above 30 Mbps
    • 2.3. Fiber Development Projects Stimulated by Governments Worldwide
  • 3. ASIA-PACIFIC LEADS FIBER GROWTH
  • 4. SIGNIFICANT AND NOTABLE OPERATOR DEPLOYMENTS
    • 4.1. Verizon (United States)
    • 4.2. Google - Kansas City (United States)
    • 4.3. British Telecom (United Kingdom)
    • 4.4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL, India)
    • 4.5. National Broadband Network (Australia)
    • 4.6. China Telecom (China)
    • 4.7. France Telecom-Orange (France)
    • 4.8. Telefonica Brasil

Tables

  1. Technology Overview of Fiber Technologies

Charts

  1. Fiber Broadband Subscribers, World Market, Forecast: 2012 to 2017
  2. Fiber Broadband Service Revenue, World Market, Forecast: 2011 to 2017