Title :
National broadband networks: Enlightening the future of nations
Author :
Jaffer, Frank ; Lee, Bernard H L
Author_Institution :
SENKO Adv. Components (Australia) Pty Ltd., Rowville, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Asia Pacific currently has the largest FTTH subscriber base in the world and the take up is unlikely to lose momentum. Through the Asia Pacific FTTH Council, the authors would like to share the more recent FTTH related statistics and also factors that has contributed to the success of the FTTH role out in Asia Pacific. Also, the authors would like to share the kinds of social economic impact FTTH has and will bring to the region.
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; socio-economic effects; statistical analysis; Asia Pacific FTTH Council; FTTH related statistics; FTTH role; FTTH subscriber base; national broadband networks; social economic impact FTTH; Asia; Broadband communication; Economics; Government; Internet; Optical fiber subscriber loops; fibre-to-the-home; high speed broadband; national broadband networks; passive optical network;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253769