Major Fiber Optic Project Operational in Iran

The first phase of a major Fiber to the X (FTTX) project was inaugurated in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, west of Tehran, with an investment of 580 billion rials ($13.8 million) by the state-backed landline operator Iranian Net Communication and Electronic Services.
The project will enhance public access to communications and increase the province’s average Internet speed, the ICT Ministry’s website reported.
Fiber to the X or fiber in the loop is a generic term for any broadband network architecture using optical fiber to provide all or part of the local loop used for the final leg of the telecommunications networks that deliver services to end-users.
Under the project, launched in April 2015, Iranian Net has undertaken to install 200 km of fiber optic cables in Karaj...