KPN targets 1.2 mln FTTH connections by 2012

bealtine

Dutch operator KPN wants to roll fibre out in the coming years. The operator expects the number of housholds that can be connected to FTTH to rise to 1.1-1.3 million in 2012 from 460,000 at the end of the third quarter this year. The network will be rolled out by KPN's joint venture partner Reggefiber. KPN will in the next three years focus mainly on accelerating the market and delivering services. The operator is aiming for a total of 600,000-800,000 customers for its fibre services, or around one out every ten Dutch households. Other providers will also be able to use the fibre network to offer their services. KPN thinks it will be able to bring fibre to 30-60 percent of all Dutch households in the medium term.

The operator outlined its targets and plans while presenting its strategy for FTTH in the Netherlands. After conducting fibre pilots in ten cities, KPN believes FTTH is the long-term superior technology and has committed to a gradual, regional fibre roll-out. KPN will deploy a mix of infrastructures going forward with fibre, copper and wireless. As an intermediate step, KPN will upgrade its existing copper network with VDSL from the central office before mid-2010 (for 50 percent of Dutch households) and reach more households with its interactive television services (80 percent), including HD-TV (70 percent). KPN expects the upgrade to be completed by the summer. Regarding FTTC (fibre to the curb), KPN wants to first focus on providing services over existing connections before any further roll-out decision. FTTC has been laid out to around 450,000 homes.

With KPN’s combined approach of upgrading its copper network and rolling out fibre infrastructure, the operator expects to maintain its cash flow levels and remain within the group investment framework. The roll-out could go faster should more parties participate and invest in the lay-out. Meanwhile, the operator is also increasing the maximum download speed of its HSPA network to 14.4 Mbps, from 7.2Mbps. The network will initially be upgraded in busy areas such as Schiphol airport and large cities, reaching around 80 percent of the population within the next year. The upload speed will also be increased, to 2.0Mbps from 1.4Mbps. The operator said it expects that mobile networks, with their increasing bandwidths, will provide a good alternative to fixed networks, especially for rural areas, for example.

Sponge Bob

Interesting article here on the FTTH landscape as it was in early 2008 in Holland

http://www.stratix.com/documents/FTTH-B-C_overview_final_2008.pdf

In certain cases 95% of housholds changed to FTTH as soon as it became available.

Unsurprisingly with the frenzied competition on copper cable and fibre in the Netherlands mobile BB is unimportant.

bealtine

Sponge Bob wrote: »

[/B][/I] Unsurprisingly with the frenzied competition on copper cable and fibre in the Netherlands mobile BB is unimportant.

Mobile broadband in NL is used as it is supposed to be used, as an add-on to real broadband. So you can pick up your emails and do a bit of light browsing when you are mobile then when you get home you plug into your VDSL/Fibre connection and do your real work....

rob808

bealtine wrote: »

Mobile broadband in NL is used as it is supposed to be used, as an add-on to real broadband. So you can pick up your emails and do a bit of light browsing when you are mobile then when you get home you plug into your VDSL/Fibre connection and do your real work....

I don't think VDSL+2 will be Ireland answer since our networks are in a bad state we be lucky to get 25mb on the lines on VDSL+2 were as real FTTH,and cable leave DSL in the dust and VDSL+2 after a few years later since Virgin media trailing 250mb on it cable and if it successful upc would follow them there after let face it DSL dieding most EU country are trying to get reed of there copper lines.we will never only say in 10 years time doh won't hold my breath in this country .

watty

It's not line quality, but concept of DSL.

The average length of lines is about 3km. Irish lines are not much different in length distribution to many European lines.

VDSL2 only gives high speeds more than ADSL2+ up to about 800m!

See http://www.techtir.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=2307

At average distance the very best DSL technology can't deliver much more than 7Mbps.
Only about 10% can get 20Mbps via BEST dsl tech, anywhere. About 15% are too far from exchange (without "reach" technology) to get any DSL.

It's not just about line quality.

The only solutions to DSL are to have x8 as many exchanges (not viable) or Fibre Node Cabinets, really a form of FTTC / FTTK. Read http://irelandoffline.org/2009/12/the-race-for-inward-investment-hots-up/ to see what we are doing (nearly nothing) and what N.I. is doing.

Cable upgraded to HFC by virgin in UK and UPC (who took over under-investing Chorus & NTL) can deliver 120Mbps via the Cable TV coax (taking Digital TV and phone service also is optional).

rob808

VDSL+2 really just a upgrade of adsl2 there only so far they can go with it were with FTTH there no limit of speed u can get and you don't need a cabinet and it cheaper to maintain only problem is cost of rolling it out,but in the long run it a worth while investment.The problem there is these dam investors wanting there money back fast and that why ireland will never have any kinda fast of broadband except from upc and magnet