Regulations among vital considerations when installing FTTH

In a sense, telecoms are looking at a regulatory alphabet soup that Norway's government is trying to clarify.

ZDNet explained that the new regulatory guidelines could bolster an FTTH market that is already gaining strength in Norway. To accomplish this, many telecoms are encouraging the government to make microtrenching an option.

Dealing with broad FTTH challenges
Installation is not the only problem facing telecoms trying to build FTTH networks. Compatibility problems can also slow project development and add considerablecosts. One way to overcome this issue is through the use of fiber to Ethernet media converters that bridge interoperability gaps and position telecoms to quickly and easily attach homes to the optical network. Media converters also enable telecoms to more strategically establish the network because they can switch freely between fiber and copper efficiently, leaving room for cost savings in places where fiber is not necessary for performance purposes.

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.