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No match for fibre
To meet the real-time demand for FTTH,
a solution which enables fast and reliable
connectivity to empower operators to
complete home pass readiness in the
shortest possible deployment time and at
the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TOC)
is vital. This is especially true in the case of
Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs).
It should also be noted that every
deployment is different and that is why
solutions must allow customisation
and support different Splitter Ratio
combinations from Day-1 in the field. They
must also be flexible enough to be mixed
and matched to enable both centralised
and two-stage splitting architecture to meet
the requirements of each deployment.
While ensuring passive enclosures can be
easily configured. Passive enclosures must
also maintain a stringent ingress protection
feature to ensure they are compatible with
pole and wall-mount installations, providing
additional flexibility during installation.
A solution such as this must be resilient
enough to face urban and rural conditions
where rodents are likely, ensuring cables
that are laid are protected from severing
and damage.
To meet the requirements of government-
led broadband initiatives in Europe, the
solution must not only be compliant
with EU standards for impact, nature,
UV resistance and ROHS compliance,
but exceed them as well as providing
guaranteed durability for more than 25
years and meeting Construction Products
Regulation (CPR) compliance.
As operators and ISPs want to meet these
government-set targets with ubiquitous,
always on-connectivity, they must build
up strategic partnership with technology
disruptors like us who are among the leaders
in fibre technology and at the forefront of
innovation, compliance and standards.
Breaking boundaries
Sterlite Tech’s Smarter MDU Plug and Play
Passive Solution brings such a solution to the
industry, with global telecom players already
saving between 40–50% deployment time,
along with 33% reduction on man-hours
used, for FTTH projects. Leveraging the
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latest GPON standards and fibre types, the
Plug and Play kit eases network operation
and maintenance by overcoming high-bend
losses within buildings, empowering service
providers to deliver consistent and better
customer experience over its lifetime to
support future NG-PON requirements.
Supporting both centralised and two-
stage splitting architectures, the solution
incorporates a unique SC-APC Cassette
Splitter and allows quicker home connection
activations using fast installable connectors
or pre-connectorised drop ends at sites.
In addition, its compact, modular design
with re-configurable passive enclosures,
allows adjustments to the MDB, BDB and
FAT points. All passive enclosures have
stringent ingress protection features
(minimum of IP-65) that are compatible
with both pole and wall-mount installations,
providing additional flexibility during
installation and ensuring the vertical and
horizontal shafts of cables maintain high-
rodent resistance in outdoor deployments.
Cables such as this must also leverage G.657
A1/A2 standards and B3 type cables to
prevent high-bend losses, as well as support
varied field-length deployment scenarios to
reach the outmost rural areas of countries.
To counteract the industry-wide skills
gap, Sterlite Tech has ensured that all
components are included in the installation
kit at the manufacturing unit itself,
providing even unskilled workers with
the tools to install FTTH networks with
minimum hand holding. This drastically
cuts labour expenses and reduces splicing
time by between 70–80%. The kit can also
be easily handled by a small two-member
team, while ensuring splicing incidents are
reduced by more than 60%.
By combining these features, the total cost
of ownership for the FTTH network can
be significantly lowered and permission
times from building societies is also greatly
reduced, empowering telcos to meet project
timelines set by government-led broadband
initiatives while reducing the uncertainty
around project completion.
FTTH fuelling the future
By significantly reducing installation time
and minimising costs of deployment of
fibre networks, global telecom operators, as
well as ISPs, can meet demand and market
trends in real-time, ensuring they can
remain competitive and profitable.
This empowers operators and ISPs
to build faster and more reliable last-
mile connectivity, positioning them to
meet consumer demand for high-speed
connectivity not only in cities and buildings,
but from the comfort of user’s homes.
This places 5G connectivity speeds
and IoT-enabled services at the
fingertips of consumers, providing
the increased bandwidth to support
futuristic applications including e-health,
e-education, UHD TV, VR, smart homes
and security. And it is not only the end-user
who reaps the benefits, aligning service
providers to monetise this new market
opening with value-added broadband
packages and new innovative services.
As an industry benchmark establishment
and with a strong focus on best practices
for deployments, Sterlite Tech can ensure
that operators remain at the forefront of
technology not only now, but in the future,
as consumer demand continues to explode
and connectivity is made available for all. n
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