BSNL WITH AKSH OPTIFIBRE BRINGING FTTH IN INDIA

Lets have a brief description of FTTH before talking about its presence in India.

FTTH, or Fiber To The Home, refers to fiber optic cable that replaces the standard copper wire of the local Telco. FTTH is desirable because it can carry high-speed broadband services integrating voice, data and video, and runs directly to the junction box at the home or building.

Traditional copper telephone wires carry analog signals generated by telephone equipment, including fax machines. The Internet utilizes a backbone of fiber optic cables capable of delivering incredible bandwidth. This inherent ability makes the Internet a prime source for advancing network technologies that can be brought to the home or business. Most subscribers, however, log on to this network through copper lines with limited capacity. This creates a bottleneck for advancing technologies that increasingly require greater bandwidth. FTTH bridges this gap.

Fiber optic cables are made of glass fiber that can carry data at speeds exceeding 2.5 gigabits per second (gbps). FTTH services commonly offer a fleet of plans with differing speeds that are price dependent. At the lower end of the scale, a service plan might offer speeds of 10 megabits per second (mbps), while typical DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) service running on existing copper lines is 1.5 mbps. A more expensive FTTH plan might offer data transfer speeds of over 100 mbps —- that's about 66 times faster than typical DSL.

This was a briefing about FTTH, now talking about FTTH in India.

BSNL and Aksh Optifibre unveiled the country's first Fiber to the Home (FTTH) technology, which will enable faster Internet connectivity and quality TV viewing experience. This will help their IPTV- iControl IPTV in providing the best quality video to viewers.
This launch will enable Aksh and BSNL to provide multiplay services with high definition content to its customers. The technology will further allow iControl IPTV customers to experience speed of 100 MBS on their Internet connections. This technology will replace 'last mile connectivity' with optical fiber cables.
Currently, 'last mile' connections between homes and telephone exchanges are almost entirely copper-based.This launch will bring India on the same technological plane as advanced countries like China, Singapore, Japan and UK. Aksh Optifibre Ltd Managing Director Mr. Kailash Choudhari said the launch will allow end-users who have invested in High Definition televisions to enjoy the benefits of their investment in the latest technology.

Well for me FTTH in India, that too BSNL providing it is really a good news. New technology, good quality and faster speed of internet access. India is pacing up and is bringing all the technology that a developed nation need. Hope the technology development pace grow like this and more. Thanks BSNL & Aksh for providing this new technology.