Deutsche Telekom Chooses JDSU for IPTV Monitoring
April 2008
JDSU announced that Deutsche Telekom is using its IPTV monitoring solutions as part of its roll out. Andrew Sachs said that DT wanted to ensure service quality for their multi-million dollar IPTV deployment.
JDSU's NetComplete service assurance system and IP test probes will be deployed in DT’s network. The NetComplete solution also includes software that enables monitoring of service quality from central network operations centers.
JDSU's NetComplete solution monitors IPTV video streams at the most important points in the network: the head end and the edge. Operators can learn about and attend to service issues before they impact the home experience.
They can be used during installation, and during maintenance. JDSU's solution includes handheld field instruments (the HST-3000) that can help with installation and maintenance of triple play services.
Sachs clarified that JDSU doesn’t do the load testing or performance assessment prior to deploying IPTV. Rather, JDSU probes are installed in a network once it’s up and running. Their instruments can help installers know whether a line can support a service (VOIP, data or IPTV) and pre-qualify lines.
Provisioning lines often depends upon the Operator, Sachs said. Some IPTV Operators use a “fire and forget” system where they don’t pre-qualify prospective customers. He said Neuf-Cegetel offers low-cost phone and video services and customers perform self-installation. If it turns out that the line can’t support IPTV, then customers send back the modem and equipment.
Source: MRG, Inc., April 2008 IPTV Bulletin
FTTH Growing in North America
April 2008
Joe Savage, President of the FTTH Council spoke during the NAB Show and said that FTTH is growing in North America with 2.91 million households connected with Fiber. That’s a 97% growth rate from a year ago when just 1.48 million households had Fiber in April 2007.
Source: Fiber to the Home Council
Savage said that the number of households receiving video services fiber is increasing also and now numbers over 1.6 million. Savage also said that takeup rates for IPTV services offered via FTTH are better than those over non-fiber which are at the 20% range. IPTV take-up (with FTTH) runs about 28%.
Source: Fiber to the Home Council
Additionally, Savage said that providers, like Verizon, are waiting for more IPTV growth before moving away from RF.
Other fiber facts from the FTTH Council’s recent report:
- FTTH now passes almost 12 million homes or about 10 percent of the U.S. homes.
- In U.S. areas covered by Verizon or Tier 3 ILECs, 5.8% of homes are already connected with fiber.
- The overall Fiber take up rate, went up for the fourth straight six-month period.
Source: MRG, Inc., April 2008 IPTV Bulletin
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