His speech also assessed the huge optical industry opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa encompassed in these trends: “Fibre-in Copper-out”, “fgOTN-in SDH-out”, and “Optical-sensing-in Hard-work-out” —to build all-optical everywhere for an intelligent world.
In the upcoming intelligent era, ISPs need to build all-optical access networks for households and small and micro enterprises. They also need to extend ultimate broadband experiences to every room through FTTR. This is necessary to achieve ubiquitous Gbps or even 10 Gbps bandwidth experiences. Compared with traditional technologies, the fibre to the office solution only requires devices in the CO equipment room and terminals, and uses passive optical splitters to replace active devices.
SDH has been used to ensure production security in various industries for more than 30 years. As industries move toward digital and intelligent upgrades, traditional SDH technology faces challenges regarding insufficient bandwidth and legacy devices.