Simplify Drop Technologies to speed up FTTP deployments

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN & CHESSINGTON, UK: Simple Drop Technologies for easy, fast and cost-effective fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) installations could, if more widely adopted, increase the rate of fibre deployment in Europe, says Fujikura.

Fujikura has fine-tuned a high performance low-friction cable for duct applications, which can be pushed from the basement of the building to the individual subscriber. The low friction coating and optimised mechanical design minimises the physical resistance of this process. Field installable terminations allow minimal cable inventory.

"Our key strengths are in aerial deployments and applications which utilise low-friction cables for installation into ducts," said Simon Richardson, head of Fujikura's Fibre Optic Division.

"A key factor to facilitate a profitable FTTP network deployment is the minimisation of both deployment costs and installation time. It is also essential to minimise the costs of subsequent network growth, since customers do not all take up services at the same time. Fujikura's technology is designed to enable low cost initial deployments with simple and cheap network evolution."

Fujikura has been the main supplier of passive technologies for Japanese fibre-to-the-home deployments for the last 15 years and has successfully been supporting large and small projects within Europe since 2005. It has played a significant role in many deployments from large incumbents, to smaller local carriers. Fujikura's equipment allows drop connections to be completed within just a few hours by installers who have limited prior fibre knowledge.