Bezeq, the Israeli incumbent plans for a field trail of GPON FTTH. As part of a several months long trial in Petach Tiqva the operator will connect hundreds of GPON FTTH subscribers. These are surprising news from Israel where no serious FTTH seemed not to be considered by any major provider. There’s an article with [...]

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One day with glass and fiber

December 21, 2011

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A mega ultra reader of this blog pointed me to a great video clip made by Corning that shows a future made of glass. All more often I come across short movie clips demonstrating the impact of high-speed broadband, cloud computing, service mashups and so forth to our every day life. I want to post [...]

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This is a great clip created by Novay for the positive implications of a high-speed broadband, connected world. Have a look, you’ll like it: link

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In south Hungary, very close to the borders of the country with Croatia and Serbia there is village called Boly. Boly has nearly 4000 inhabitants and 2000 homes, but it has high-speed broadband access. The project started in 2007 and the video below documents  the socio-economic impact of high-speed broadband as experienced by the users [...]

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Impressions from the FTTH Forum 2011

November 12, 2011

This week I spent two days at the beautiful city of Budapest where the FTTH Forum 2011 was held. On the 8th of November, during the pre-conference very lively discussions about the FTTH technical and construction solutions as well as its business challenges were held. Special thansk to Greg, Csaba, Akshay, Adrian, Cornel, Khaleel, Ketam, [...]

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Nigeria explores open access network models

November 5, 2011

Nigeria decided to explore the option and design its national broadband plans on the basis of open access models. According to authorities, they want to separate the network to three layers, the passive infrastructure, active equipment and retail services.  You can read more here: http://www.biztechafrica.com/section/government/article/nigeria-adopts-open-access-model-broadband-strateg/1376/. Government intervention for broadband development in Africa needs serious attention. [...]

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FTTH Forum 2011 and pre-conference Workshop

October 26, 2011

The time for the FTTH Forum 2011 is closing fast. This year, the Forum is held in Budapest the 8 and 9 November. I will be delivering the pre-conference workshop on the 8th which will frame in one frame all the stakes of an FTTH project. The workshop is packed with information about  the technologies [...]

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‘Broadband Challenge’ Commission sets new Goals for Broadband

October 25, 2011

In a press release coming from the ITU, the Broadband Commission for Digital Development of the United Nations has agreed on four targets to ensure that the global population has the opportunity to engage in the emerging digital society. Quoted from the press release, the new targets cover broadband policy, affordability and uptake,  in terms [...]

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EU proposes 9 billion of public contribution to broadband development projects

October 21, 2011

The European Commission has proposed to spend almost €9.2 billion from 2014 to 2020 on pan-European projects to give EU citizens and businesses access to high-speed broadband networks and the services that run on them. The funding, part of the proposed Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), would take the form of both equity and debt instruments [...]

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A rural village in Italy meets with broadband – promo clip

October 14, 2011

That’s a nice video clip, sponsored by Vodafone that illustrates the benefits of broadband in rural and isolated areas. The transition from none to decent connectivity makes the difference. It presents the case of an Italian rural village and an oil factory. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l705X49-emA

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