The New Technologies labs of OTE undertake the evaluation and testing of the new broadband Vectoring technology on behalf of the entire Deutsche Telekom Group, in which the most suitable company in each case leads the project for the whole Group. Vectoring technology can even allow the doubling of VDSL speed, reaching up to 100Mbps download and 40Mbps upload, neutralizing the noise» in copper cables.
Already since 2012 the intention of the communications giant DT to invest in the so‑called vectoring to double Internet access speeds via VDSL has become known. Vectoring is likened to noise‑cancellation technology in headphones as it takes on reducing the "noise» in the transmission of data over copper cables. Copper remains the medium that connects households to outdoor telecommunications equipment cabinets (ΚΑΦΑΟ) and the fiber‑optic networks of communications companies. And this, because its replacement with fiber‑to‑the‑home and inside the home increases cost and is often not the providers’ choice. Vectoring can allow data transmission at speeds double those currently achieved by VDSL2 technology (100 Mbit/s download, 40 Mbit/s upload).
Vectoring technology has also been mentioned extensively by the head of the DT Group, René Obermann, in an interview in September 2012, where he refers to DT's intention to utilize vectoring technology to implement the communications company's plans to double the number of broadband connections in Germany from 12 to 24 million households within four years, making "a huge leap for broadband in Germany."
The head of Deutsche Telekom for Europe and Technology and a member of the OTE board of directors, Ms. Claudia Nemat, recently met with executives of the OTE Group in Marousi, as part of the regular visits she makes to various European countries within her area of responsibility. According to Ms. Nemat, the main goal is to strengthen cooperation between the companies and teams of the Deutsche Telekom Group and to decentralize responsibility, with companies in each country leading different projects on behalf of all participating countries, while the headquarters in Bonn mainly play a coordinating role. In this operating model, which Ms. Nemat called “United Companies of Europe»”, the most suitable company in each case leads the project for the entire Group. As noted, this new form of cooperation achieves greater utilization and dissemination of know‑how and expertise among the countries where the DT Group has a presence in Europe.
As examples of this new approach of Deutsche Telekom Europe were mentioned
- the assignment to the New Technologies labs of OTE of the evaluation and testing of the new broadband Vectoring technology on behalf of the entire Deutsche Telekom group and
- Greece (Cosmote) takes over the services and billing systems of T‑Mobile Netherlands, as already for other subsidiaries.
