FTTX

Fiber to the X (FTTX) comprises the many variants of fiber optic access infrastructure. These include fiber to the home (FTTH), fiber to the premise (FTTP), fiber to the building (FTTB), fiber to the node (FTTN), and fiber to the curb or cabinet (FTTC). You'll find FTTX news, FTTX products, and FTTX market research on this page.

FTTX NEWS & PRODUCTS

ITU expects G.fast standard to be finalized by April 2014

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) says that the physical-layer protocol aspect...

AT&T launches 300 Mbps U-verse in Austin with 1 Gbps on the way

Attempting to beat Google Fiber to the punch, AT&T (NYSE:T) has launched its fiber to th...

C Spire opens FTTH pre-registration

C Spire has opened the next round of its 1-Gbps fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) initiative and is a...

BT infringed on ASSIA DSL patent rules UK High Court

DSL technology provider ASSIA Inc. says it has convinced the High Court of Justice in London...

Telecom Italia signs €61M broadband agreement in Sicily

Invitalia, Telecom Italia, and Italtel have signed a development agreement worth more than €...

eircom expands planned broadband fiber roll out

Irish national carrier eircom says it will increase the number of homes and businesses it pl...

AT&T brings fiber to more than 600 Nevada businesses

AT&T says it has "lit up" 32 multi-tenant office buildings across the state of...

FTTX Featured Articles

Will FTTN advances delay FTTH?

Choosing between RF and optical automatic gain control

Reducing the cost of broadband by lowering data-center footprint

Fiber in Europe bucks economic trends

EDitorial GUIDEs

	Fttx: a look ahead Fiber to the home (FTTH) has proven its value as the most future-proof method of providing broadband services. But challenges remain...
	Advances in optical design testing Demands for support of 100 Gbps data rates in smaller packages have challenged technology developers’ creativity. Optical communicat...
	Passive optical LANs bring fiber to the desktop economically A growing number of enterprises have discovered the benefits of using passive optical LANs to meet the high-bandwidth needs of their...
	The Expanding World of Data Centers Data center requirements have grown increasingly complex, requiring new technology that operates at higher speeds. Whether it’s serv...
	What’s new in FTTH? With broadband access demands increasing, fiber to the home (FTTH) technology is improving to meet operator requirements. Recent adv...
	Coherent 100 Gbps: The Basics Want to get up to speed on multi-level modulation formats and coherent detection? These articles describe how coherent transmission ...
	New perspectives on OTN Optical Transport Network (OTN) technology is rapidly replacing SONET/SDH in packet-optimized networks. As new network needs arise, ...
	New era emerges for submarine networks We are currently in a new era of submarine network construction and upgrade. New systems are being constructed, and established syst...
	The next generation of 100G Now that 100-Gbps transmission is reaching the field, work is already underway on the second generation of the technology. Upcoming...
	Fiber powers mobile backhaul The traffic demands mobile broadband have created have driven operators to rethink their mobile backhaul strategies. Many have concl...

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