Interest in FTTH increases following global investments

"So it created Stokab, a city-owned entity, that would own just the ducts, rights of way, and dark fiber lines." Susan Crawford, an independent expert, wrote concerning the city's fiber-optic network. "The idea was that the presence of this neutral infrastructure would stimulate investment, competition, and sustainable development."

While Stockholm's deployment of fiber technologies occurred 20 years ago, it is still having an impact on investment decisions across the globe. Some cities are considering a similar deal with their local carriers, driven by the value it provides and also the potential profits. The news source reported that Stockholm has generated nearly $2.3 billion from the city-run fiber-optic network since its construction.

Ultimately, in order to properly deploy a high-quality FTTH solution, cities will need to invest in the right hardware to support the infrastructure and actually bring it into consumers' homes. Fiber to copper media converters will play a critical role in these deployments, and ensure that firms are able to get their networks off the ground and providing the latency-free, high-quality service needed to drive their own value.

Perle has an extensive range of Managed and Unmanaged Fiber Media Converters to extended copper-based Ethernet equipment over a fiber optic link, multimode to multimode and multimode to single mode fiber up to 160km.