In the near future, more telephones are likely to be provided using fiber access network in India than anywhere else. This paper presents why this is happening and describes the access solution of operator's choice. © 1999 IEEE.

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Department of Electrical Engineering

Developing countries

Fibers

Integrated optics

Optical communication

Optical fibers

Access network

Optical fiber communication

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IIT Madras has been ranked as the top engineering institute in India for four years in a row by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the MHRD

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IIT Madras

Affordable fibre access network for developing countries

OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication

Fibre plays a major role in backbone networks, not only making it capable of carrying large amounts of traffic but also making it cost-effective. However, the decrease in backbone cost has so far been nullified by an increase in the cost of local loops. Fibre access networks in developing countries like India are set to play a major role in expanding the teledensity. In dense urban areas of India, fibre access is not only the most cost-effective access technology, but is also contributing to building a multiservice network integrating telephony, TV and video-on-demand services.

IEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems

Fibre access network for India as India poises for growth

After decades of very modest growth, telecom in India has taken off. While liberalisation of telecom sector created the conditions, the key to this take off has been a conscious effort in India to drive down the capital expenditure (CAPEX) of telecom infrastructure which made telecom affordable to large sections of Indian people. This paper discusses the role that Indian and Chinese telecom companies have played towards this reduction of per-line CAPEX and identifies technologies still dominated by the West. Telecom is now set to grow rapidly and India would achieve 200 million connections in less than a decade. However, this optimist situation is still, pretty much confined to urban areas. It is the growth of telecom and Internet infrastructure in rural areas, that have much greater potential. But harnessing of this potential requires special efforts. This paper presents a glimpse of how this could be made possible. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Drivers of telecom in india

Journal	Data powered by TypesetOFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication
Publisher	Data powered by TypesetInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Open Access	No