France vigorously promote FTTH new building will be equipped with optical fiber network

In order to promote the development of the national economy, France in 2008 by the method of economic modernization, which is mainly including the promotion of reform of ultra high speed broadband network environment construction, which means some measures to promote the deployment of FTTH optical fiber network.

After 2010 issued by the building permit residential building in addition to telephone lines and cable TV, optical network has become the necessary equipment, mixed use and commercial use of the new building is also required prior to the laying of fiber optic network. The existing buildings are open to allow operators to enter the installation of fiber optic cable, as well as maintenance after the event.

The new law in addition to highlighting the French government to promote fiber network determination, makes the operators for the pie. This year in January (2009) under the supervision of France Telecom postal regulatory authorities (ARCEP, Orange, SFR belong to France TELecom) and Numericable 3 telecom company signed an agreement to share the existing buildings in an optical fiber cable specification.

From two years ago, the main French operators that the deployment of the optical network in the public land of the building, has now covered 40 metropolitan areas. France Telecom in the 40 metropolitan areas have a fiber-optic cable; Numericable power covers 30 metropolitan areas, the company began laying fiber-optic cable to replace part of the original hybrid fiber coaxial laying (HFC); as for the SFR and Free adopt different strategies to find alternative deployment pipeline, such as the use of public the sewer system laying pipelines, infrastructure to France and Telecom distinction.

According to the ARCEP report, to the end of 2008, a total of 20 thousand and 500 French buildings equipped with a fiber-optic network, if the operators and the use of technology, ultra high speed Internet users totaled more than 170 thousand households, including 40 thousand FTTH users and 130 thousand HFC users.