Advantages of GPON
GPON has been gaining popularity over the years due to its cost-effectiveness and ease of use in mass-market deployment of fiber optic cables. In 2021, the global GPON market size was estimated at US$10 billion and is expected to reach US$30 billion by 2028. In 2021, more than 250 million GPON products were shipped worldwide. Factors such as the rise in bandwidth-intensive applications, smart cities, the proliferation of IoT, the widespread adoption of 5G, and GPON for mobile backhaul have made GPON and upcoming upgrades such as NG-PON2 the optical network of choice. Gigabit passive optical networks are becoming more popular due to their many advantages, including: • Energy efficient: As a passive system, GPON consumes very little power to operate. It is also 95% more energy efficient than copper networks. • Cost-effective: As a direct result of the previous point, GPON requires very little energy to function, which reduces operational costs. It also does not require m...
