Fiber Connect MENA - FTTH 5G Convergence - May 19 2022 V4

FTTH & 5G go hand in hand

Eric Festraets, President FTTH Council Europe
Dubai, 19 May 2022

The FTTH Council Europe in 2022

Vision Who are we?

The FTTH Council Europe is an industry 150+ members from fibre industry
association with a mission to advance ubiquitous Vendors, Operators, Investors, Academics…
full fibre-based connectivity to the whole of Expertise from entire FTTH value chain
Europe.

Residential Enterprise Smart Cities 5G – 6G

Fibre Access Fibre Access Fibre Access Fibre Access

FTTH & 5G ➢Mobile needs Fiber
go hand in hand ➢Optimizing your TCO
➢FWA complements FTTH

The more mobile traffic grows, the more the need for fiber arises

From 3G… to 4G… to 5G…

The rush to mmwave… What are the drivers
to deploy FTTH?
Smaller cells, lower intercell distance, more capacity

Top 3 reasons to convey 5G transport over FTTH

Cost Scaling Simplicity &
Efficiency
Leverage FTTH for
residential & business 10G/… PTP

Foresee spare capacity XGS PON Plug & Play Zero footprint
ducts & trenches
25G/50G/100G PON Easy provisioning

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Plan, Build Topologies Deployment
& Operate & Technologies Techniques…

FTTH & 5G ➢Mobile needs Fiber
go hand in hand ➢Optimizing your TCO
➢FWA complements FTTH

Improve your FTTH TCO by forecasting 5G transport from the start

Study performed by Comsof for
FTTH Council Europe :
What is the value of a

CONVERGED FTTH-5G network?

Source : Comsof for FTTH Council Europe

Improve your FTTH TCO by forecasting 5G transport from the start

Source : Comsof for FTTH Council Europe

Improve your FTTH TCO by forecasting 5G transport from the start

Key findings Numbers from use case

Deploying fiber for FTTH and 5G together result in huge Savings between 65% and 96% on FTT-5G by deploying
cost savings (dig once) an optimised converged underground network

Deploying FTTH today with limited spare capacity will The cost of FTT-5G when build on top of an FTTH
result in significant additional costs for future 5G network with limited or no spare capacity, is 2 to 3,5

times more expensive than with sufficient spare

If 5G needs are not yet known, a flexible 5G ready The total NPV with sufficient spare capacity is similar to
network based on sufficient spare capacity can be built the ideal converged network cost

that will not cost more than the ideal case Source : Comsof for FTTH Council Europe

FTTH & 5G ➢Mobile needs Fiber
go hand in hand ➢Optimizing your TCO
➢FWA complements FTTH

Fixed Wireless Access complementing FTTH

For rural areas and stringent time to market

Immersive experience collaboration 4G/5G Cloud-based robotics Time to Market
Machine remote control
RAN Temporary solution in wait
for FTTH
Industry 4.0
Lack of FTTH
Fixed Wireless Business Case (rural)

Private 5G networks Smart Stadium Access Public subsidy needed

Video surveillance analytics

Connected cars Security and Safety

eHealth

Broadband Anyhaul

Enhanced Mobile BB

FTTH is the end-game but FWA (4G/5G) is helpful for specific scenarios

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