Affordable Broadband Solution & Standards for Connecting the Unconnected

Haruo Okamura okamura@globalplan.jp

President, Global Plan Inc.

Asia-Pacific Information Superhighway Steering Committee 26 – 29 August 2019, UNESCP, Bangkok

Typical civil works todayfor laying conventional optical cables

Rural Connectivity Today

“DIY” is HappeningBut Construction is not easy

http://www.thefoa.org/foanewsletter.html

They dig 7 miles of trenches to install their own superfast broadband

after irritated by superslow internet now it is fastest in Wales UK, June 2018

Nov. 21, 2016Local people said“This is the Ultimate”

The idea was sparked in Wales in the village pub when villagers complaining about their slow Wi Fi connections

Basic RequirementFor Globally Closing

the Digital Divide

Affordability of Broadband Rural Connectivity

- Lightweight Robust Cables- Direct Surface Installation- DIY by Local Communities

To Make Fibre Solution Affordabe and Reliable

CAPEX can be Reduced by 90 %

Proposed Cable

Lightweight, and Robust Cable Direct Surface Application

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Cable core tubeCross section

Cable Robustness

Cable Crush Resistance

Up to 2000 kg/100 mm

１１80℃,15 minOptical Loss <0.05 dB

Cable Installation

- On-surface- Shallow direct buried- Air - Water

ITU-T Standards

ITU-T L.163“Most Popular“

Cable InstallationWest Nepal, Maｒ., ２０１９

APT Category II Project

funded by the Extra Budgetary Contribution from Japan

ICT4D Nepal(NG), KDDI Foundation, OCC Corporation, and Global Plan Inc

Feb. 8, 2017

Dullu Municipality ProjectWest Nepal, May 2019

Extra cable

Bhutan, Mountain Village

2013-

Affordable Optical Cable Solution Proposed and Standardized at ITU-T

for Closing Urban-Rural Digital Divide

- Affordability-First Concept; L.1700- Lightweight On-Surface Cable; L.110- DIY Cable Installation; L.163

Conclusions (1)

Conclusions (2)Solution deployment

Japan 20,000 km 20 years Bhutan 1.2 km 2014West Nepal 10 km 2019(done)Mt. Everest 42 km 2019(plan)

Let’s close the digital divide ASAP

Thank you