In Japan, as FTTH network service has become popular, many video distribution services are being started. In this paper, we introduce recent FTTH deployment and systems focusing on the video services of NTT in Japan.
IntroductionRecently, the number of FTTH service customers exceeded 5 million, and the increasing number of FTTH service customers exceeded that of DSL service customers in Japan. FTTH service customers now represent 20% of all broadband service customers. Figure 1 shows the number of broadband service customers in Japan. As shown, FTTH service has rapidly become popular in Japan.