Huber+Suhner today said it is assisting the German city of Marburg to roll out its high speed broadband services with Home Fibering System (HOFIS) that enables residents to self-install their fiber optic home networks.
In addition, the company will also be showcasing the HOFIS system, a self-installation system for houses and apartments and can be deployed as soon as buildings are connected to the town’s fiber optic FTTH system, at the FTTH Council’s European conference in Stockholm later this month.
Marburg’s deployment will be featured as a living case study on the stand.
The public utilities (Stadtwerke Marburg) in the German university town of Marburg are installing fiber optic cabling throughout the city and Huber+Suhner has been chosen to provide a self-install, plug-and-play solution that enables rapid deployment within homes and apartments.
Utilizing HOFIS pack, homeowners and tenants can complete their home installation when they wish, deciding themselves where they want the junction box mounted and where they want the fiber optic cable laid from the initial home entry point.
HOFIS provides system combines the Huber+Suhner optical socket (OTS2) with prefabricated low-bend-installation cables (class G.657 A2). The dust-proof packaging made of recyclable PET plastic protects the system during transportation and provides effective method for unrolling the cable and attaching the socket on-site.
Christian Sutter, HUBER+SUHNER’s FMS Product Manager, said: “It removes the need for expensive and time-consuming door-to-door installation by the operator by empowering the individual resident with a very simple installation solution. It gives residents the flexibility to choose when and where they locate the Fibre in the Home network (FITH) he or she wants to achieve.”