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Is Municipal Broadband Really Unsuccessful?

Written on 14 Apr, 2009 at 11:51 in Muni/Broadband, The Blog | viewed 405 times | 0 Comments

I’ve read Rob Atksinson’s and George Ou’s article published in the latest FTTH Prism newsletter entitled “Why Municipal Fiber Hasn’t Succeeded“. The authors argue that municipal broadband has not been successful because municipal broadband initiatives have not proven to be... (Continue reading)

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Australian NBN: It’s Always Good to Have a Plan B…

Written on 7 Apr, 2009 at 6:19 in Government, The Blog | viewed 20 times | 0 Comments

In cold blood, the Australian Government threw away the proposals filed for its NBN RfP and went for plan B. While everyone was expecting the announcement of the winning consortium, any day soon, Australian Government concluded that none of the... (Continue reading)

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OpCo Awarded in Singapore

Written on 6 Apr, 2009 at 5:18 in Government, The Blog | viewed 3 times | 0 Comments

Starhub was selected to run the communications network of Singapore (i.e. design, build and operation of the active infrastructure to provide wholesale broadband connectivity to Retail Service Providers). Read iDA ’s press release and Yong Ying-I – chairman of iDA... (Continue reading)

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Abu Dhabi To Be The First 100% FTTH Connected International Capital

Written on 5 Apr, 2009 at 15:46 in Access, The Blog | viewed 117 times | 0 Comments

According to a press release by Etisalat , the telco is expanding its current FTTH network, called eLite, to the entire city of Abu Dhabi. Etisalat has already connected more than 300,000 homes through eLite since 2008 and aims to... (Continue reading)

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Adamo Expands FTTH Offerings to Barcelona

Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 17:16 in Muni/Broadband, The Blog | viewed 87 times | 0 Comments

The news that Adamo, an FTTH operator of Swedish origin, present in Spain for the last few years is planning as of next week to provide high speed connections (100Mbps downloads) in the city of Barcelona has been all over... (Continue reading)

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FTTH Pilot in Bern, Switzerland

Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 16:04 in Muni/Broadband, The Blog | viewed 107 times | 0 Comments

In Switzerland, a small pilot project has been announced by EWB, the energy/water public utility of the city of Bern. The pilot will connect 50 households and 10 businesses with fiber. Unlike the example of EWZ (the energy/water utility counterpart... (Continue reading)

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An Interview with Marc Duchesne, Pau Broadband Country

Written on 10 Feb, 2009 at 7:23 in Expert Insight, Muni/Broadband, The Blog | viewed 179 times | 1 Comment

Just before the end of 2008 I arranged an interview with Marc Duchesne, an intriguing blogger and fiber enthousiast that has been involved in the municipal fiber network of the region of Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the south of France. I... (Continue reading)

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Update on Greek FTTH Endeavours – and yes, OTE is interested…

Written on 4 Feb, 2009 at 9:34 in Greece, Muni/Broadband, The Blog | viewed 215 times | 0 Comments

Earlier this year the cabinet (the minister and the secretary general) of the Ministry of Communications has been replaced, due to a major Government cabinet shuffle. At that time, the fears that this change will affect the pace of the... (Continue reading)

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Amsterdam City FTTH Network Still One Step Ahead

Written on 4 Feb, 2009 at 7:43 in Muni/Broadband, The Blog | viewed 239 times | 0 Comments

Amsterdam which was officially given a thumbs-up by European Commission to build an open fiber to the home physical infrastructure only in late 2007 , an approval process that lasted almost 12 months , has now announced a new agreement... (Continue reading)

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FTTH in India (again)

Written on 29 Jan, 2009 at 4:38 in Access, The Blog | viewed 213 times | 0 Comments

I got this lead from a reader on the blog’s board and I wanted to post on the matter separately. ATS, a property developer in India built the first FTTH enabled residential complex in the country, according to the firm’s... (Continue reading)

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