Just before Christmas the Special Secretariat of Digital Plan (Ministry of Finance) issued a public consultation on the RfP for managing the public metro+FTTGovernment network infrastructure which was built across the country from 2004 to 2009. The RfP is very detailed and the consultation aims at clarifying the specifics of administering and expanding the city [...]
Yesterday, e-business forum workgroup Id3 issued a public consultation for the technical ANNEX of the workgroup’s final deliverable. The ANNEX describes the technical specifications of an FTTx network for the out-side plant (OSP) and structural cabling at end-users premises. The file is available in .doc and .pdf form at workgroup’s website under the section “Παραδοτέα” [...]
FTTx is a relatively new development in the telecom industry, with relatively small technology & architecture dependences and no historic record. Therefore, many issues relating to FTTx deployments, namely implementation, business models, economic case, technology etc are still open and are going through heavy international dispute. The previous generation of broadband access (ADSL & cable) [...]