Optical access networks deployment in Croatian telecommunications market

This paper gives an overview and background of optical access network deployment in Croatia. The most commonly used architectural solutions have been described. Optical access network development in Croatia has been put into a global as well as in the European Union context. All the challenges and the driving factors for optical access networks deployment are considered. Optical access network architectures that have been deployed by most of the investors in Croatian telecommunication market are presented, as well as the architectures that are in early phase of deployment.