The Dull but Costly Side of next-Gen Access

Optical Distribution Networks

Publication Date	September 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	22
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00952

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Summary

Service providers (SPs) buy next-generation access (NGA) infrastructure primarily through tenders focused narrowly on specific product areas. Similarly, the big NGA vendors are good at selling boxes but less proficient at partnering with SPs to help deploy and scale NGA networks economically. Consequently, constructing the optical distribution networks (ODNs) that constitute up to (on average) half or more of the per-subscriber cost of NGA rollouts is left to the carriers and a wide range of outside plant, design, and test companies. We see an opportunity for access systems vendors to more actively support carriers' ODN buildouts to the benefit of both parties. Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei, and ZTE are taking some steps in this direction already, in an effort to provide their customers with NGA solutions rather than commoditized hardware.

Content

Executive summary
In a nutshell
Ovum view
Key messages
Optical distribution network market
Optical distribution networks: also known as ""holes, poles, and permits""
Only a few systems vendors provide full set of fixed NGA solutions across multiple regions
Construction costs dominate other elements of NGA
Keeping priorities straight during NGA rollouts
Regulatory issues related to ODN
Aesthetics
Helping SPs roll out NGA networks: vendor business model evolution
Huawei
Alcatel-Lucent
ZTE
Corning
Marais
List of Tables
- Table 1: Key suppliers of ODN hardware and accessories
List of Figures
- Figure 1: Fiber to the premises (FTTP) network topology example
- Figure 2: Multiple types of access networks
- Figure 3: Telecom Italia installing fiber along streets of Milan
- Figure 4: Rough costs of per-subscriber installation cost (2007): US vs. China
- Figure 5: Cisco's allocation of FTTx costs into three buckets
- Figure 6: Priorities in the metro network: one vendor's view
- Figure 7: NGA directions
- Figure 8: P2MP/P2P passive optical networks
- Figure 9: TT&T copper cross-connect box
- Figure 10: Huawei engineers installing FTTH for Etisalat
- Figure 11: ZTE's process for planning and budgeting an ODN project
- Figure 12: Application of preconnectorization cable systems in aerial plant