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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 [...]
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In the following video from a recent TED conference, Margaret Stewart, YouTube’s head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins. The speaker talks about a case with Sony Corporation where managing copyrights in [...]
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This is a picture that helps understand the impact of open access and interoperability in the information/news business (although its intention was different). These two valuable qualities, inherent in the Internet world, have enabled the uncontrolled and unconditional dissemination of diverse information for the benefit of the consumer. It has also facilitated the creation of [...]
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Earlier this month FCC made available a draft “Next Generation Connectivity” (links to pdf) by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society on Next Generation Access Networks and the policies endorsed by various nations in respect to broadband connectivity. What clearly stands out in the study is the acknowledgement of the significance of efficient open [...]
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Yankee Group recently released a study prepared by my good friend Benoit Felten called “Open Access Makes Economic Sense“. The study puts the international debate surrounding the “Open Access” NGN business models on new grounds. Benoit challenges the traditional notion, embraced by most telcos, that foreclosing competitive access to their networks is a good business [...]
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One day after I posted the “A Killer-App for the Internet Service Providers: An Urban Legend or Not?” a colleague in our team’s internal mailing list has pointed to a very interesting research initiative by Texas A&M University ITEC, Inuk Networks, and Internet2 to design, build and evaluate an IPTV delivery platform and play-out model [...]
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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 financially viable. The argumentation is persuasive at first reading; however, I’d like to take a [...]
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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 between initial shareholders and Reggefiber/KPN (Earlier in 2008, KPN acquired control of Reggefiber which is [...]
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When Singapore announced its national broadband strategy the world followed impatiently. Singapore Government required a structural separated passive infrastructure operator/developer (NetCo) and an operational separated operating company (OpCo) for its national broadband network infrastructure. Last week, Singapore hit another home-rum by awarding the passive infrastructure (RFP issued late 2007) to OpenNet Consortium which made a [...]
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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) [...]
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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.
