Fiber broadband for cable operators

More than just fiber-to-the-home

Residential. Business. Smart cities. Mobile transport. Industry 4.0. Growing your business successfully means delivering services for many, if not all of these.

With fiber, you can do it all on the same infrastructure. Generating more revenues and introducing services more quickly with lower operating expenses and higher customer satisfaction. Fiber is the fastest, greenest, and most widely deployed broadband technology. And it keeps getting better.

Welcome to the Fiber for Everything era.

Cable operators are at a crossroads. For decades, premium service offerings and the DOCSIS® technology have enabled them to stay well ahead of telcos that chose to sweat copper assets. Now the situation is turning on end. Traditional cable TV services are steadily declining, and telcos and overbuilders are rapidly expanding their fiber footprint.  

Cablecos need to gain clarity about what they will need to look like by the end of this decade in order to remain relevant and to be competitive. In this Analysys Mason report, Research Director Rupert Wood discusses their options, explains why an XGS-PON upgrade program should be central to any strategy, and how moving to fiber can yield more revenue opportunities than DOCSIS 4.0.

XGS-PON is more than a technology, it is a business opportunity. Omdia’s report explains the strategic advantages of XGS-PON to compete better, monetize your network faster and be greener. 

When it comes to broadband performance, scalability and reliability, nothing beats fiber, which is why the number of FTTH subscribers is growing faster than any other access technology. 

But multi-dwelling units (MDUs) – apartments, condominiums and the like – as well as hotels and mixed use properties can pose unique challenges. Installing fiber throughout these types of facilities can be costly, time consuming and complex. And in some cases, it’s simply impossible.

Fortunately, there is an alternative: Nokia’s Gigabit Connect solution. For cable operators, Gigabit Connect uses MoCA Access™ to deliver multi-gigabit services over a building’s existing coaxial cables. Tenant subscribers enjoy the same type of experience they’d have with FTTH, and MSOs are able to manage the network in the same way, as part of their FTTH network.