The time is here. I am flying to St. Petersburg on Sunday morning, so early that I think it may be late Saturday night! I am speaking at ICUMT 2009 (12-14 Oct), an international conference, sponsored by IEEE for researchers, engineers, network planners and service providers in telecommunications targeted on newly emerging systems, standards, services, and applications.
I will be presenting some of the earliest work I have been doing in NTUA/NETMODE on broadband opportunities (both in investing and managing) for municipalities. More specifically, I will present a business model, tailored for Greece based on a type of regional infrastructure companies established by neighbouring municipalities for managing municipal fiber MANs and expanding them to fiber access networks.
Since it was first envisioned, the model has gained acceptance among public executives in Greece. Regional broadband companies is currently the prime (if not the only) coordinated action plan from the national pioneers of municipal broadband.
So, if you follow this blog and are attending the conference drop me a note to meet up and discuss our fiber rich diet! Until then:
встретимся в Санкт-Петербурге!
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