1、Publication Date:September 2023Authors:Michael PhilpottAlzbeta FellenbaumSarah McBrideFiber Development Index Analysis:2023Publication Date:September 2023Authors:Michael PhilpottAlzbeta FellenbaumSarah McBride 2023 Omdia.All rights reserved.Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.ContentsExecutive summ

2、ary2Drivers of gigabit fiber progress5Todays gigabit market10The FDI 2023:Key results16Best practices promoting fiber development and enabling faster deployment23Best practice case studies29Appendix521Fiber Development Index Analysis:2023 2023 Omdia.All rights reserved.Unauthorized reproduction proh

3、ibited.2023 Omdia.All rights reserved.Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.2Fiber Development Index Analysis:2023Executive summaryThe Fiber Development Index(FDI)tracks and benchmarks fiber development across 93 countries and territories.Fiber investment is vital to the quality delivery of all data

4、services and,therefore,it merits thorough contextual analysis.Unlike other fiber benchmarks that largely track household coverage and/or penetration,the FDI includes a wider set of fiber investment metrics,including:Fiber to the premises(FTTP)coverage Fiber to the household(FTTH)penetration Fiber to

5、 the business(FTTBusiness)penetration Mobile cell site fiber penetration Advanced WDM technology investmentIn addition to the fiber investment metrics,the FDI then,based on Omdias analysis of Ookla Speedtest data,goes on to quantify the overall broadband quality of experience improvements driven by

6、that investment,namely:Median download speed Median upload speed Median latency Median jitterFiber investment is an essential metric for government institutions,network operators,and other stakeholders such as media companies and other interested parties to track.As a broadband-access technology,opt