FTTH/B Featured Articles

Operator agreements catalyze FTTH builds in France’s low-density areas

After implementing a policy for fiber installation and network sharing in urban apartment buildings, France has embarked on a plan to bring fiber access networks to the country’s...

You can’t keep a good FTTH network down

In “FTTXcellence: Opportunity in dark times,” the November/December 2011 Lightwave magazine interview with Shane Trotman., senior operations supervisor at Farmers Telephone Cooperative...

What’s ahead for optical communications in 2012

The November/December 2011 Lightwave magazine cover story “A look ahead at 2012,” is the annual technology forecast, written by Editorial Director and Associate Publisher Stephen Hardy....

Plan now for tomorrow’s FTTH networks

In the September/October 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, Michael Gronovius of Ericsson asserts in the article “Shaping the future of broadband via next-generation fixed access...

Recognizing leadership in North American FTTx

According to the May/June 2011 Lightwave magazine editorial “Raising the bar on leadership,” the Corning/Lightwave FTTXcellence Award process has illustrated how maturation of FTTH in...

EVO taps Nokia Siemens Networks for GPON FTTH

Bulgarian ISP EVO Ltd. will use GPON fiber to the home (FTTH) equipment to offer its customers a range of new services, according to the Europe-based systems house. The new services include...

10G PON technology converges

According to the March/April 2011 Lightwave magazine article “10G PON: More similarities than differences” that opens that issue’s “Analysis” section, announcements...

Bell Aliant to expand Halifax FTTH network

JANUARY 24, 2011 -- Bell Aliant, with a financial boost from the Government of Nova Scotia, has announced a CAN $55 million investment to expand its FibreOP fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, to...

Government role in U.S. broadband is difficult to envision

According to the November/December 2010 Lightwave magazine editorial “Government’s role in broadband support,” a General Accounting Office (GAO) study of national broadband plans...

Is 1-Gbps FTTH overkill?

According to the November/December 2010 Lightwave magazine article “Who needs 1-Gbps FTTH?” that opens that issue’s “Analysis” section, EPB Fiber Optics concedes that...