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Light pipe to the home

Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology, which provides a high-speed optical-data link directly into the house or apartment, is now becoming very popular in Japan and Korea. Adarsh Sandhu spoke to the FTTH Council Asia Pacific about the status of the technology in the region.

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  1. For more information on the FTTH Council Asia Pacific, please visit www.ftthcouncilap.org

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  1. Hanatani, S. in IEEE Globecom2006, Access '06 Executive Business Forum (2006).

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Sandhu, A. Light pipe to the home. Nature Photon 1, 162 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2007.21

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