Adtran’s CEO is not afraid of the Tier 1 carrier’s 5G plans eclipsing its last mile business because these deployments will require one common asset—fiber—and lots of it.
Although it’s still unclear as to when 5G services will be widely available in a pre-standard or standard fashion, Tom Stanton is confident their products will be large part of the mix.
“In all those cases, I see fiber access as being a fundamental component because of the bandwidth being required and the endpoints being terminated,” Stanton said.
