Asia is the one region in the world where FttH has started to emerge as a serious broadband platform. The technology has taken off in a big way in Japan. There were already over 11 million FttH subscribers in Japan by early 2008. Not unexpectedly, the movement towards fibre has been occurring in Asia’s more developed markets, where positive government intervention has been playing an important role. However, the adoption rates have varied considerably from market to market. Invariably, FttH has found itself competing with the copper loop as technology continues to extend the capability of this traditional technology. This report presents an overview of the Asian FttH market.
