Draka, atesio Team For FTTH

AMSTERDAM -- Draka Communications, a global leader in the cabling and optical fiber industry today announces a new high performance FTTH network optimization solution, the result of close cooperation with atesio, a reputed optimization specialist. With this solution, an FTTH network for an entire city comprising thousands of dwellings can be visualized and automatically cost-optimized. The solution accomplishes in minutes what a network project team could take up to a week to produce, delivering an immediate graphical overview in a GIS such as Google Earth. Draka and atesio will give a live demonstration at the FTTH Conference in Milan.

Draka and atesio, a member of the Berlin-based research consortium FTTX-PLAN, introduce this network optimization utility as a decision support system to existing and potential clients who need detailed feedback on the network topology of a current or planned FTTH project in order to prioritize the most efficient way to build a network. Often this is necessary to help decision makers predict the maximum financial return from a specific network sector within the planned infrastructure.

"Our partnership with atesio advances FTTH network topology design to help network planners make essential business decisions, says Dick van den Dool, Director DrakaXSNet Software Suite, Draka Communications. "The results of our cooperation can have an immediate impact on efficiently managing every FTTH site, especially for large city projects in which specific geographical sectors offer the possibility to deliver faster returns on FTTH investment."

Draka Holding NV (Amsterdam: DRAK.AS)