European FTTH Networks to Reach 14 Million Customers by 2012

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European FTTH Networks to Reach 14 Million Customers by 2012

1:00 am on July 30, 2007 | Category: Telecom Services, Internet

Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) telecom networks will reach more than 14 million European households by 2012, according to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan.

The report, entitled Fibre in the Last Mile in Europe, estimates that around 2.5 million European homes were already connected to fiber optic (FTTx) networks, as of late 2006. Frost & Sullivan analyst, Fernando Elizalde, predicts that demand for fiber will grow rapidly in the years to come, as convergence, high-bandwidth applications, and digital video services drive up bandwidth usage.

Europe will gradually end its dependence on slower DSL networks, Elizalde predicts, as higher-bandwidth broadband applications become increasingly mainstream.