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The number one issue in the communications market today is the lack of "Last Mile" fiber connectivity to end-users. Although communications players have spent more than $90B in the past several years, laying fiber optic cable to build long-haul and metro area networks (MANs), today's infrastructure remains inadequate to serve end-users with next-generation applications, because these networks rarely reach end-users. Without bridging this "Last Mile" gap, the communications industry cannot fulfill its role as the global economy's lifeblood in the 21st century.
| 1. Long-Haul Network |
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a. Provides long-haul transport between cities and continents |
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b. Prevalent DWDM technology dramatically increases network capacity
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| 2. Metro Area Based Network |
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a. Facilitates service provider interconnects in carrier hotels, co-location facilities, and points of service provider concentration |
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b. Increasing prevalence of DWDM technology, but lack of "Last Mile" fiber connectivity prevents market from fully utilizing capacity and offering value-added services to end-users
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| 3. Metro Access Network or "Last Mile" |
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a. Enterprises and households remain frustrated by need for greater bandwidth and lack of direct fiber connectivity |
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b. Provides limited access to end-users
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Currently, less than 5% of the 750,000 commercial buildings in metropolitan areas in the United States are connected by fiber to MANs, leaving ample opportunity for this all-optical local network market segment to grow.
Policy makers from both sides of the aisle and at all levels of government are backing legislation to increase broadband access based on the shared belief that a key part of any plan to revitalize the nation's economy should be the installation of a ubiquitous broadband network at the local level.
Renaissance is well-positioned to substantially impact the "Last Mile" fiber market.
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