XGSPON, wholesale.
VM conducted trials in Manchester and elsewhere and, in a number of areas, costs of HFC upgrade came in the same ball park as FTTP. The new kit going out in the field can both provide extra HFC capacity and FTTP services.
Customers moving to FTTP has the bonus of relieving load on the HFC network, too.
So this saves capacity upgrades on the HFC and the more comprehensive upgrades needed to provide the upload speeds customers will expect in the not too distant.
Improves reliability as no RF noise ingress and makes a wholesale offering, imminent, much easier too.