Algerie Telecom to roll out FTTH this yearAlgerie Telecom said it plans to roll out Fibre to the Home (FTTH) during the course of this year, with an eventual view to launching triple-play services including IPTV. News agency reports said the triple-play service will initially be launched in the four cities of Alger, Constantine, Orange and Setif, before nationwide roll-out in the course of the next 12 months. Algerie Telecom also targets an increase in its ADSL customers to 3 million by the end of next year, six times the present number. The telecom operator will become the first operator in Africa to incorporate FTTH as a key section of its business strategy. “The service will consist of a modem that can connect to the fibre network that will give very high capacities allowing either triple or quadruple play,” said Malik Hachelef, who is overseeing the firm’s FTTH roll-out. Sagem is to supply the equipment for an FTTH network, and Algerie Telecom has authorized WiMAX to fill coverage gaps where ADSL is not available.
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