The economic instabilities in some European countries and the troubles to the Euro has created concerns to the people involved in building next generation optical networks. Europe has been one of the promising playground for FTTH deployments and many of the countries in Europe were lagging behind on their decision to go for a full-scale FTTH roll-out.
A presentation at FTTH Council on February 2011 shows the total of the households connected directly with optical fiber (FTTH) and the households where the apartment base is connected with optical fiber (FTTB) is approximately 8.3million in Europe by the end of 2010. The same report forecasts an addition of 2.8 million FTTH/FTTB subscribers in Europe in the year 2011. The percentage increase will be approximately 34%. This means an average of 7671 households per day are connected to the FTTH/FTTB technology.
The same pace of installation may not continue for many years and there is a saturation point after which subscription to Fiber based technologies is difficult. Service providers in countries such as Japan and South Korea are facing such challenges. UAE may reach to this point very soon and more than 34% of the households in UAE are connected to the FTTH broadband.
A presentation at FTTH Council on February 2011 shows the total of the households connected directly with optical fiber (FTTH) and the households where the apartment base is connected with optical fiber (FTTB) is approximately 8.3million in Europe by the end of 2010. The same report forecasts an addition of 2.8 million FTTH/FTTB subscribers in Europe in the year 2011. The percentage increase will be approximately 34%. This means an average of 7671 households per day are connected to the FTTH/FTTB technology.
The same pace of installation may not continue for many years and there is a saturation point after which subscription to Fiber based technologies is difficult. Service providers in countries such as Japan and South Korea are facing such challenges. UAE may reach to this point very soon and more than 34% of the households in UAE are connected to the FTTH broadband.
Heavy reading market research team estimates that the FTTH/FTTB subscribers in Europe will reach to 32.6million by 2015. This will be a four-fold multiply in the figure compared to the 2010 subscribers.
Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, UK, Denmark, Norway and Bulgaria tops in the number of subscribers to FTTH/FTTB technologies by the year 2015. Russia with 9.1 million houses connected will top the list followed by France and Germany. Number of subscribers in Russia will be high, but percentage of houses connected to fiber will be less in Russia compared to other countries in the same list.
If we consider the percentage of houses connected to the fiber, Slovenia tops the list with an impressive figure of approximately 36% followed by Sweden (33%) and Norway (29.5%). Russia will have 17.3% of its houses connected to the fiber by 2015.Percentage wise, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Portugal tops the list of households connected with fiber followed by Slovakia, Finland, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Russia and France.
Let us hope the economic instabilities at some European countries will not do much damage to the fiber deployments and the projects already announced and are under progress. Fiber based broadband technologies have proved to act as catalysts for economic growth of a country by creating jobs and improving local businesses.
Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, UK, Denmark, Norway and Bulgaria tops in the number of subscribers to FTTH/FTTB technologies by the year 2015. Russia with 9.1 million houses connected will top the list followed by France and Germany. Number of subscribers in Russia will be high, but percentage of houses connected to fiber will be less in Russia compared to other countries in the same list.
If we consider the percentage of houses connected to the fiber, Slovenia tops the list with an impressive figure of approximately 36% followed by Sweden (33%) and Norway (29.5%). Russia will have 17.3% of its houses connected to the fiber by 2015.Percentage wise, Slovenia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Portugal tops the list of households connected with fiber followed by Slovakia, Finland, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Russia and France.
Let us hope the economic instabilities at some European countries will not do much damage to the fiber deployments and the projects already announced and are under progress. Fiber based broadband technologies have proved to act as catalysts for economic growth of a country by creating jobs and improving local businesses.
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