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BT Broadband technology trial announced
Friday 2nd October 2009, by Daniel King
BT has announced the implementation of a new pilot scheme that could lead to the roll-out of super-fast broadband to around 1.5 million homes and businesses in the future.
Starting in January 2010, the internet and telecommunications services provider will begin the trialling the fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) technology in regions of the UK which are currently served by copper wiring - known as brownfield areas.
It is hoped that by using these lines, optic cables will be able to deliver downstream speeds of up to 100 Mb/s with the possibility of this being upgraded to around 1,000 Mb/s in years to come.
Comparatively, this will be between ten and 100 times the currently best availability across Britain, with the first locations identified for the pilot scheme listed as Bradwell Abbey in Milton Keynes and Highams Park in London.
David Campbell, managing director of next-generation access at BT's Openreach division, explained the testing had been preceded by research that had shown how the product could be successful in newly-connected areas and it was hoped this data could be used in the new initiative.
"We've worked closely with communications providers and regional development authorities in selecting these sites for the FTTP brownfield trial and I'd like to encourage as many communications providers as possible to get involved," he added.
The move forms part of wider plans by BT to deploy such systems in conjunction with fibre-to-the-cabinet technology that could initially boost connection speeds up to between 40 and 60 Mb/s.
It was recently announced that BT's Global Services division had been named as the Global Leader of Global Leaders in Ovum's Enterprise Strategy Scorecard.
