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PCCA Journal|2

nd

Quarter 2015

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Telecom News

Continued from page 31

by 2017. It also found that 66 percent

of subscribers currently access respon-

dents’ broadband networks using copper

technologies, while 35 percent gain entry

via fiber; both percentages will move in

opposite directions this year.

Citing cost of deployment as a factor,

half of respondents either have no plans

to deploy or are unsure if they will de-

ploy FTTdp and/or G.fast technologies.

More information is available at www.

infonetics.com

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U.S. Business Fiber

Penetration Hits 42.5 Percent

B

usiness fiber penetration of commercial build-

ings in the U.S. increased to 42.5 percent in 2014,

according to latest research from Vertical Systems

Group. This compares to a penetration rate of

only 10.9 percent in 2004. These statistics measure fiber

availability at company-owned and multi-tenant buildings

with 20 or more employees, which covers more than two-

million individual business establishments.

“Accessibility to fiber-based business services in the U.S.

nearly quadrupled between 2004 and 2014, with hundreds of

thousands of sites newly fiber-connected during this time pe-

riod. As a result of this growth, our fiber penetration bench-

mark now exceeds 40 percent for the first time,” said Rose-

mary Cochran, principal at Vertical Systems Group. “Looking

forward, the high stakes endgame for network operators is to

deepen and broaden their service infrastructures around fi-

ber—the future of wireline.”

In the U.S., fiber is used to deliver the majority of Carrier

Ethernet service connections. Fiber implementations are also in-

creasing for access to high-speed IP/MPLS VPN services, cloud

and internet connectivity, and mobile backhaul applications.

More information is available at

www.verticalsystems.com

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