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Building Fast and Economic FTTH

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Fiber as a Infrastructure for Long-term Evolution

Fiber as Strategy Smart Planning

One Fiber Network, Multi-service, Thick coverage, Short access,Improve HC Efficiency

Business
Building
Business
Building

4G core Safe city

network
12/24
platform

FDT: Core FastConnect FAT:

CO 1st SPL 2nd SPL 12/24
Fiber Reserve Point Core
288 Core
24/48 Core
50 meters
OLT ODF
Closure:
100% Coverage Fiber Splicing Point
Fiber Reserve Point

FTTC/B
Feeder cable reserve
For other service
Safe City

3/4G
Wireless Site
Home Pass (HP) Home Connection（HC)

City Fiber Network Overview

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ODN Deployment is the Major Part of FTTH

High Cost Investment Allocation

810 700 1300 1640 OLT, 8%

• Around 1000 USD for one System
649 885 1610 1100
E2E FTTH CAPEX in Typical Counties (Unit: $) household. integration, 7%

• ROI more than 5 years. ONT, 15%

• Home Connected takes 50% cost civil work,

40%
ODN, 20%

Slow Deployment Training, 2%

Management,
8%

• Low Efficiency for Installation

• Slow for Home Connected • FTTH ODN investment accounts for

60% (material 20%+ project 40%).
• Door to Door Service Provisioning
Splicing 1 fiber/30Min， ~ 15USD

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 Challenges for FTTH Home Pass Construction
FAT1 FAT FAT FAT

CO
FDT Closure
…
ONT

144/96 48/24 12/24 2nd SPL

Drop Cable
core core core
OLT ODF 1st SPL

Feeder Cable Distribution Cable

30% Cost 70 % Cost

Complicated Process Lack of Skilled Workers Quality Uncontrollable Maintenance Difficulty

X
Untouched

Cable Peeling →Open Box →Splicing

+ +
→Cable Routing→Sealing→Close Box
Skilled worker & certificated Addling closure and fusion point
→Installation… subcontractor is scarce resources Bubble when fiber is broken

All Challenges Results to Low Efficiency and High Cost on Home Pass Engineering
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Simplify Installation, Plug and Play

As Is Complex Installation (Main Steps)，Difficult to Assure Implementation Quality
Traditional Reopen the Cable Fix&Seal
Window Cut
Fiber &Cable Splicing Routing Close the Install the
BOX Peeling Cable Routing High Skilled BOX BOX

Untouched

Bubble

Most of the Steps Request for Skilled Workers，One FAT Installation: 2 People 90 Mins

To Be FastConnect FAT inner splitter & splicing are done in manufacturer, High Quality
Uneven
Splitting No Splicing,
No Box Re-entry ,
No Cable Routing and Sealing

Insert and Rotate

45° to Lock
Simplify Installation，Low Skilled, One FAT Installation: 2 People 10 Mins

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Single Fiber for Distribution, More Efficiency and Lower Cable Cost
As Is Optical Cable Need take fiber out from optical cable for splicing in all FATs
Traditional

FAT FAT FAT FAT

To Be
Uneven Optical Cable with connector Plug and play , no need splicing and reopen the FAT
Splitting Hub Box Sub FAT : connector ready

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All the Cables are Pre-connecterised, FATs & Cables Deploy Concurrently
As Is
Traditional Home Entry: 12/24 FO Optical
Common Drop Cable Cable

Distribution Cable:
12/24 Cores Optical Cable 1. Deploy cable 2.Deploy FAT 3.Deploy cable to
(Fiber Splicing & next access point
Cable Pass Through)

To Be
Uneven New FAT Home Entry: Distribution Cable Pre-connectorised

Splitting Single-end Pre-

1FO FAT

Connecterised Drop Cable

Fiber input and output:

Dual-end Pre-Connecterised
Distribution Cable 1. Deploy cable 1. Deploy FAT 2. Connect cables

Optical cables and FATs could be deployed at the same time, plug the connector to finish the deployment when cables ready

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Simplify Maintenance, Fast Recovery Network

As Is
Traditional SPL SPL

Fiber
Case of Operator A :
FAT replacement , redo BOX Adding Closure
X
the splicing, routing and Fault Broken Fusion Points Fiber broken: 4 peoples ,5
sealing
hours on-site maintenance
X

Long repairing time, difficult in repairing cables and boxes; Complex management，error-prone

To Be
Uneven Splitting
SPL SPL
Plug and Play, Low Skilled,
BOX Fiber Replace 1FO Dual-end
Replace FAT, Plug the X
Cable Fault Broken Pre-connecterised Cable Easy Replacement:
SPL

2 people 30 Minutes
X

Simplify Maintenance

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