Fiber to the home: reality and dream

In order to revolutionize the communication network in the 21st century, NTT is concentrating its attention on full access network opticalization. There are three conditions that must be simultaneously satisfied to achieve full opticalisation. They are as follows: (1) Further cost reduction of the fiber-optic access network. (2) Development of a system configuration that suits business demands. (3) An access system that provide attractive multimedia services