Solutions to Challenges of FTTH Deployment in China

In China, the progress of FTTH deployment is slow but steady in the near future. The phenomenon is originated from some major challenges. For increasing the penetration rate of FTTH deployment, bandwidth on schedule (BoS) is proposed, which is a win-win business model for FTTH providers and users. To prevent bandwidth exhaustion in metro networks from FTTH deployment, a cost-effective immediate solution is to allow non-telecom operators (e.g., cable operators) to take part in access business. For considering deployment cost, developed cities are first-choice areas for FTTH deployment. To achieve cost-effective protection of FTTH, we suggest bundling wireless access with FTTH because they will intersect each other at a high level in developed cities. In the paper, our solutions show us a brilliant perspective of FTTH deployment in China.