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Yesterday, European Court of Justice (EJC) added the latest chapter in the surreal dispute [1] between DT and german regulator on the one side and the European Commission on the other about the effective grant of regulation holidays to the german incumbent.
It all started back in the 2006 when the german watchdog took the bold, [...]
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Minister of Infrastructures & Networks Dimitris Reppas officially confirmed recent rumors and executives sayings that the national FTTH plan will be postponed for one year.
It is worth noting that the FTTH plan is one of the few projects of the previous government that the Socialists intend to carry on forward. The largest and most ambitious [...]
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Last week the regulators of the world united (sic) in a 3 days compound event [the 1-day Global Industry Leaders’ Forum (GILF) and the 2-day annual Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR)] and discussed contemporary topics of telecommunications regulation such as facilitating ICT investments, Universal Service Plans and Next-Generation Networks.
Fellow fiber-ring member Rudolf van der Berg [...]
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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 access [...]
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I was thinking of a way to celebrate One Web Day. A couple suggestions for a collaborative activity failed thunderously (lack of time and bad schedule), so I decided to go after a friend’s suggestion to put together a short note arguing why a government (in our case the Greek government) should invest/fund in FTTH [...]
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The INFOSTRAG group organizes their 5th consecutive annual seminar in Syros. This year the seminar is entitled “Leveraging on ICT and Renewable Energy Sources for the Development of Islands and Remote Areas” and I am invited to discuss the policy implications of municipal involvement in NGA.
The seminar is planned for next weekend 9-12/7/2009. Should you [...]
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When faced with NGA policies, one of the biggest sources of “misunderstanding” and inefficient policy making relates to the inappropriate definition of broadband. What is, and what is not considered as broadband is a challenging issue for policy makers drafting NGA national strategies. This is because the level of speed, acknowledged by authorities as broadband, [...]
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This is the second part of Vint Cerf’s interview to Mike O’Connor. To see the first part check previous post. You can follow the interview on YouTube too.
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This is a video interview given by Vint Cerf to Mike O’Connor, member of the Ultra High Speed Broadband task force of Minnesota. It’s a relatively lengthy but it sure worths watching it all through. Vint Cerf approaches broadband policy in a very simplistic but effective way and makes his arguments clear and his key [...]
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According to EC’s recommendation, member states have to encourage infrastructure-based competition as the best and fastest way for broadband development [1]. At first, the arguments behind infrastructure-based competition policies seem solid. Competition does good to the market: provides efficiency incentives to operators, reduces prices, increase penetration, etc. This seems to cheer everyone: 1) Customers are [...]
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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.