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Deployer Spotlight Sweden Denmark Netherlands International deployment activity. France Switzerland Andorra Pakistan Japan South Korea Saudi Arabia Thailand Nigeria Brazil Tullahoma Utilities Board ..............www.tub.net North St. Paul, Minnesota ...........www.ci.north-saint-paul.mn.us Red Wing, Minnesota ..............www.red-wing.org UTOPIA ............................ www.utopianet.org States with fresh deployment activity. North American Telcos Albany Mutual Telephone .................www.albanytel.com Horizon Chillicothe Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . www.horizontel.com NTS Communications .......................www.ntscom.com Verizon Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.verizon.com Other North American Deployers Glenwood Springs, Colorado . . www.ci.glenwood-springs.co.us LUS Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fiberforthefuture.com International Deployers 21st Century Technologies .................www.21ctl.com Andorra Telecom ...............................www.sta.ad Axione . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.axione.fr Brasil Telecom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.brasiltelecom.com.br CAT Telecom ............................www.cattelecom.com Dansk Bredband ...............................www.dbnet.dk France Telecom .....................www.francetelecom.com Heba Fastighets .............................www.hebafast.se KDDI ......................www.kddi.com/english/index.html KPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.kpn.com/corporate/en.htm LG Powercom ..........................www.powercomm.com Miyoshi, Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Numericable ..............................www.numericable.fr Pakistan Telecommunications Ltd. ............www.ptcl.com.pk Reggefiber . . . . . . . www.reggefiber.nl/default.aspxpageID=40 Saudi Telecom Company . . . . . www.stc.com.sa/cws/portal/en/ SFR ..............................................www.sfr.com Swisscom ....................www.swisscom.ch/GHQ/content/ homepage.htmlang=en The City of Miyoshi, Japan, is deploying PacketFront’s Broadband Business Engine, a tool to improve service and subscriber management, on its FTTH system. Working with Soliton Systems K.K., PacketFront adapted the product to support the Japanese language. The City of Miyoshi has connected 7,500 households with fiber and has the potential to reach 16,000 households during the next few years. It is already using other PacketFront equipment and systems to run its network. Japanese service provider KDDI, which entered the fiber business by buying networks from Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Tele-Communications, has launched the first commercial deployment of 2.5 GePON, using Turbo-EPON chips from Teknovus. These chips were introduced two years ago to offer a smooth upgrade path from the 1.25G standard to the 10G standard. (Turbo-EPON is compliant with IEEE 1.25G EPON specifications but offers an enhanced Turbo-EPON mode for 2.5G operation.) A second 2.5 GePON deployment was announced shortly afterward, with LG Powercom, one of the largest communications service providers in Korea, building out a large-scale FTTH/FTTB network using a 2.5 GePON solution from Korean supplier Ubiquoss. The solution is also based on Teknovus’ 2.5G Turbo-EPON chip. LG Powercom’s network will provide high-speed data, voice and a range of advanced video services for residential and business subscribers in single-family units and multitenant units. 20 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | January/February 2009
Brisbane, Australia: “We Need to Deliver It Ourselves” The Australian government’s plans to develop a national high-speed network have made little progress to date. “A year of wasted opportunity, a year of stagnation and uncertainty,” was an opposition politician’s verdict on 2008, which ended with the country’s largest communications provider being disqualified, essentially on a technicality, from building the network. But inaction on the national level hasn’t stopped smaller providers and local governments from proceeding with their own plans. Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city, is spending about half a million dollars (US) this fiscal year toward detailed design of an FTTH network that would use the city’s existing fiber network as a base. Here’s Jane Prentice, the Brisbane city councilor who proposed the plan, explaining the history and purpose of the proposal: Recently, when I joined the Lord Mayor on his trade mission to Korea in August, we observed the fact that they enjoy fiber speeds of between 100 megabits to 1 gigabit per second – absolutely amazing, Lord Mayor. This re-emphasized the benefits that Brisbane would have if we had highspeed fiber connections. It was from this trade mission, where we viewed the benefits to local businesses firsthand, that this project arose. Since then, we have even had representatives from ETRI, the company who undertook the rollout of fiber in Korea, visit Brisbane to assess the possibility of fiber rollout in Brisbane and the benefits it could bring. The economic benefits of connecting Brisbane with high-speed fiber connections are considerable. Various studies which have been previously conducted suggest that businesses can achieve additional cost savings equivalent to 4.7 percent of business costs by upgrading from narrowband Internet connection to a broadband connection. The implementation of a high-speed network could boost the Brisbane and Moreton region’s economy by [$3.5 billion; Australian $5 billion] and create more than 15,000 jobs over the next five years. On top of these economic benefits, there are also the broader benefits to productivity, the environment, and to the community in general. Rough estimates show that the Council could potentially save [more than $60 million; Australian $95.5 million] a year in the value of time saved by a high-speed fiber network. The project also has a number of social benefits. For example, I assume that even councilors in this place, the first thing you do when you get to your office in the morning, as do businessmen around the city, is turn on your computer and do your e-mails that have come in overnight. If we had FTTP… what people could do is do that work from home and then go to the city in off-peak. Look at the effects that would have on reducing traffic congestion around this city in the peak hours. There are also the obvious environmental benefits. Imagine high-definition online videoconferencing enabling you to easily interact with someone, whether they were a block away or half a world away. The environmental benefits of saving on these short- and long-term trips by car or even airplane would certainly be significant. Overall, the project would allow residents and businesses more flexibility, and open up a greater capacity for innovation. Of course, the rollout of high-speed fiber connections is already being considered as part of the Federal Government’s national broadband network. However, I have to say I am not confident that this solution can be delivered in a timeframe acceptable to Brisbane’s needs, or that with proposed speeds of just 12 megabits per second, and indeed, maximum speeds using ADSL2 of 24 megabits per second, that it would be fast enough for Brisbane’s requirements. Indeed, both the Lord Mayor and I were concerned that Brisbane was not at the top of their list for rolling out this fiber network, and it very much highlighted the fact that, if we want to achieve this progress, we need to deliver it ourselves. Pakistan Telecommunications Ltd. (PTCL), a major communications provider in Pakistan, announced that it will be deploying GPON fiber networks in order to cater to “bandwidth-hungry broadband applications.” Pilot projects are already being rolled out in the three major cities of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. Local press reports that CAT Telecom, a state-owned telecommunications company in Thailand, will deploy an FTTH network in the beach resort city of Pattaya. The network is expected to pass 20,000 premises by the end of 2009 and will support businesses, schools and residences. The city is also planning to offer free WiFi on the beaches, in an effort to promote Pattaya as an “IT paradise location.” BBP About the Author You can reach Masha at masha@broadbandproperties.com. January/February 2009 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 21
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