1 Why Fibre? Why Now? Montpellier, 24th of November 2004 Christian Ollivry FTTH Council Europe.

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Why Fibre? Why Now?Montpellier, 24th of November 2004

Christian Ollivry

FTTH Council Europe

24th of November 2004 IDATA semainar: “Broadband for all” 2

FTTH Council EuropeFTTH Council Europe

Mission: Accelerate FTTH (Fibre in Access) deployment by education and promotion, to enhance the

quality of life of EU citizens.


What room do you want it in?

Fiber to the Home


FTTH Council EuropeFTTH Council Europe

Council: Manufacturers, construction & engineering

companies, NPO, Academia

Forum Operators, Local & Regional

Communities,

Regulators, (potential)

Network Owners

You are invited to join the FTTH Forum

Europe !!To Educate key market participants on the benefits of FTTH


40 members in 9 months40 members in 9 months

Acome, ADC, Agilent, Alcatel, Allied Telesyn, Alpha Technologies, Bechtel, Broadlight, Cisco, Corning, Diamond, Ditch Witch, Draka Comteq, ECI Telecom, Emtelle Europe, Ericsson, FibreToTheHome.info, FlexLight Networks, FONS, J-Fiber, Huber + Suhner, IMC Fachhochschule Krems, Intel, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NBG Fibre-Optic, Nexans, Nortel, OFS, Packetfront, PreformedLine Products, 3M communications, Siemens, Teem Photonics, Telco Systems, Teleste, TKF, Tyco Raychem, Upenor-Radius, World Wide Packets.

PLUS: 10 in decision making process


Forum: 8 committmentsForum: 8 committments

City of the Hague, Communauté Urbaine Grand Nancy, European Commission, Global Village, IT Center Vibore, OpenHub, Regional Council of Ostrobothnia

PLUS: 4 in decision making process


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Why Fibre ? Some Highlights

FTTH Council Europe envisions a requirement for 100 Mb/s symmetrical access per home by 2010: SME’s, SMB’s: subcontractors to large manufacturers Home: Simultaneous use of multiple PC’s, TV’s and

Radio’s, Telephones and Personal Video Recorders per home, plus possibly home security,

e-health, e-medecine monitoring and other service applications already available today.


Why Fibre ? Some Highlights

Only fibre offers the 100 Mb/s symmetric or higher bandwith without distance or interference constraints

Reliable, tested and proven technology Endless applications Same cost to install as traditional copper, but 50% or more lower operational cost to run an all

fibre network Safe, sound & future proof investment


Only fiber delivers steady 100 Mb/s or more

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Issues with non-fibre-based shared media access technologies

Advanced Digital Video services require guaranteed bitrates to all subscribers concurrently (i.e. a strictly non-blocking architecture; in contrast to best effort Internet service)

Bandwidth sharing on the last mile can only be successfully applied for video services if the sustainable per-user bit rate is in the order of 10 Mbit/s (MPG4/WM9 takes 5.5Mbps for HDTV)

Fibre is the ONLY viable solution


Why Now? Some Highlights

Broadband household demand is gaining momentum in uptake and speed. 256 Kb/s was normal four years ago, 4 Mb/s is already in use in some areas today, going to 18Mb/s in 2005.

EU may not be adequately planning to cover the bandwidth needs of 2010.

FTTH solutions meet national and EU e-government, e-learning, e-health, e-business objectives

FTTH is the key to eliminating current and near term roadblocks, while enhancing the life of Europeans.


Why Now? USA/Japan vs EU

The FCC (USA) recently removed regulatory obstacles to investing in FTTH: Verizon announced plans for 1 million FTTH connections in 2004, 12 million by 2008.

The US Government clearly recognised that “ultra fast broadband to every home” is closely linked to innovation and competitiveness.

Japan had 1.5 million FTTH connections by mid- 2004, and plans for 100Mbps and even 1 Gbps to the home

In Europe we need to act now on rolling out FTTH.


The Broadband Revolution Objectives for Access Network

Provide ultra-high capacity – 100+ Mbps per subscriber Maximum BB Coverage with Reduced Operational

Expense compared to present mode of operation Cost effective Full Service: voice, data, and video Smooth evolution from traditional services formats

(POTS and CATV) to IP-based services (VoIP, video) Access platform optimized for broadband services

And… Cost/FTTH user went from 10,000€ (‘94) to 1,500-

2,000€ in the USA (Orlando FTTH convention 2004)


FTTH Council Europe Objectives

Knowledge base for information gathering, and analysis for the FTTH market

Communicate business and technical benefits Identify and highlight key market drivers and

constraints Call on policy makers in Europe to be a catalyst

E.g. to prioritise and facilitate the build out of fibre to the home networks all across Europe by 2010,

Overall participates to the market information, and education of our communities: Why fibre, Why now?


Conclusion

Fibre-based access network architectures are only beginning in Europe but They are essential to create a competitive global

advantage Fibre is the only media to meet the bandwidth needs

of all present and future services FTTH technologies, architectures and standards are

mature Systems are now available at costs that enable

attractive business cases All new infrastructure deployments must be fibre

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Thank You !

www.europeftthcouncil.com

FibreFibre….is not ….is not just broadbandjust broadband

It is the utility of the 21st Century ,… It is the utility of the 21st Century ,…

to enhance ourto enhance our quality of life! quality of life!


Some observations for discussion Broadband demand has been increasing rapidly over the

last 3-5 years and predictions indicate growth will continue for years to come

Broadband access performance leapfrogs are in part thanks to the use of fibre in access expansion

Despite perceptions, the CAPEX required for new FTTH is similar to the CAPEX required for NEW copper.

FTTH implementation requires longer planning than most other access technologies (I don’t believe this is true for new access builds !)

A substantial capacity bottleneck exists in the “last mile”.Fibre is needed, still the last mile appears to be an issue!

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