Four Firms Agree on Fiber-to-the-Home Specs
Jun 23, 1999 — ATLANTA, GA, June 23 -- Four major telecommunications companies -- BellSouth, British Telecommunications (BT), France Telecom (FT) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) -- have developed a common technical specification that should hasten bringing optical networking directly to businesses and homes.
BellSouth, BT, FT, and NTT have been participating in the Full Service Access Network (FSAN) initiative. FSAN is a group of 20 international network operators cooperating in the...