From the category archives:
I have been meaning to write about that for a while, and have always postponed.
In http://www.broadbandmap.govt.nz/map/ there is a map that gather data available from various sources to provide information about the demand and supply of broadband infrastructure across New Zealand. The first instance of the map has been online since 2007 and has been [...]
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Weko (the Swiss competition committee) was asked to investigate the terms and conditions of EWZ-Swisscom deal for FTTH deployment. The deal is challenged on the premises of the exclusive rights given to Swisscom for the use of one fiber strand per home passed. The major issue is whether exclusive rights are justified by Swisscom’s participation [...]
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The purpose of this post is to put a few observations regarding the services options available to public planners of NGA infrastructures; for future reference. This is only a draft on benefits and risks for public offerings on Layer 1 and Layer 2 services.
National broadband plans (i.e. nationwide NGA infrastructures) concentrate primarily in building an [...]
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Russian regional operator VolgaTelecom has launched fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) broadband services in Ulyanovsk and Dmitrovgrad. Services are being provided under its J-internet brand.
The operator has launched 16,000 ports in the two cities, offering download speeds of up to 100Mbps.
TeleGeography reports.
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Thailand swings with the idea of investing in FTTH infrastructure on Open Access principles. Alcatel-Lucent presented to Thailand’s Minister of ICT the case of a passive (unbundler/wholesaler) operator on the footmarks of Singapore and the plans of Australia.
Thailand has 63.52million population and 19 million households. Despite the ICT intensity of the national economy there are [...]
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A hilarious ad by HKBN about the Next-Generation Internet. It features Graham Bell speaking Cantonese!
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The FTTH Council released a new video on FTTH uses and applications that simply rocks! Clink this link or watch it below in case you are still wondering what applications may justify an FTTH rollout!
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A few weeks ago, Info, the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media of Emerald Press published my article “A business model for municipal FTTH/B networks: the case of rural Greece” co-authored with colleague Vasilis Merekoulias and prof. Vasilis Maglaris.
The article proposes a business model for municipalities for the establishment and [...]
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Seine-et-Marne, outside Paris (in the area of Roissy) have finished deploying the first phase of its ambitious FTTH rollout (under the name sem@for77) last year.
Seine-et-Marne aim at 750M euros investment to serve in full the entire area with FTTH access (570k end subscribers) and have signed a 20 years contract with Covage for managing the [...]
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A while ago KPN got a stake in Reggefiber and the municipal network of Amsterdam as well numerous other municipal and/or city networks of Reggefiber.
A few days before we farewelled 2009 and welcomed spreads, austerity measures, IMF and the likes, DongEnergy, the largest power distribution grid in Denmark sold 60% of its FTTH assets to [...]
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Costas Troulos is a telecoms analyst and passionately covers wireline broadband and related developments in Greece and the rest of the world. For the last 4 years he has been involved in several consulting and research projects on public broadband investments, FTTH and metro network deployments. His is interested in everything related to telecom regulation/policy, national strategies and NGN business models.