Investing now to buildout 20-24 Mbps of access network bandwidth will not be enough to meet consumer demands in the near future. A respectable floor of 35+ Mbps is about the minimum bandwidth level service providers can deploy to compete successfully and the minimum investment operators should make to remain competitive. Most service providers would be best served by building out access infrastructure to support Ultra-Broadband speeds of 50 Mbps or more — which is what leads to the need for deep fibre access network solutions.
Building a deep fibre access network increases reliability while reducing network maintenance costs associated with fewer active components than are found in today's service delivery networks. To truly maximise infrastructure investments and operational savings, telcos should avoid placing nodes further than three Kft from customer locations and strongly consider the deepest of all fibre access architectures — FTTP — since the fibre terminates “zero feet” from the customer premises.
Copper-based FTTN networks can support multiple tens of megabits to each subscriber, while PON-enabled FTTP architectures can support hundreds of megabits of bandwidth directly to the subscriber premises. The AXS2200 and the AXS1800 Optical Line Terminals (OLTs) are designed to deliver a full range of high-speed, fibre-fed voice, data and video services to residential and commercial customers using the power of Gigabit PON. They are designed with a 200 Gbps switching and backplane architecture and can deliver a full range of non-blocking high-speed 1 GB and 10 GB uplinks and enable both PON-based FTTP and Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) access network architectures.
Motorola also offers a full suite of Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) designed for the home, business and Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU) settings that bridge the gap between the PON and the customer premises. For example, the ONT1000GT GPON ONT can be deployed at customer locations to support the delivery of hundreds of Mbps of QoS-managed throughput and provide a direct interface to in-home coax networks, supporting simple and straightforward installations of next-generation service delivery.
Motorola's FTTP and FTTN solutions deliver tomorrow's broadband access network today. FTTP provides a universal access architecture solution that uses Passive Optical Networking to enable the deployment of deep fibre. It delivers a full range of narrowband and broadband services to homes and businesses, including the residential triple play of voice, video and data. Motorola FTTN solutions provide rapid access to proven IP DSLAM technologies ready to deliver a wide array of IPTV and other bandwidth intensive applications and services including high-margin revenue and content offerings.
Deploying 50 Mbps or more bandwidth to the premises allows telcos to capture a leadership position by offering the promise of exciting new services that can't possibly be met by networks designed to deliver first-generation broadband services. No telco wants to over-invest and build bandwidth that will go unutilised for years to come, but the trade-off is the risk of under-investing to meet immediate goals while carrying forward the need to re-invest in the near term to meet increased subscriber demands for bandwidth.
No consumer or business wants to select services that have bandwidth limitations restricting their online experience and service providers that offer higher-bandwidth services will capture customers from those perceived as offering limited options. Motorola builds upon core competencies in carrier-class networking and digital video entertainment technologies to deliver Ultra-Broadband service via next-generation DSL and PON solutions that allow telcos to buildout their access networks to deliver the Ultra-Broadband service levels needed to support evolving customer requirements.
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