Meanwhile In Greece…

A lot has been going on during my relative inactiveness from the blog. Here’s a short compilation of what I find important and worth mentioning for future reference:

1. The country’s plan for a nationwide FTTH project continues to develop in fast pace [ in Greek ]. According to sources coming from the ministry of Transportation and Communications an appropriate regulatory framework is being worked out and it will be released for an open consultation before the summer. The committee in charge of the task examines 1) rights of way for public, municipal and private premises, 2) installation of in-building wiring in a multi-home dwelling when even one owner requests access to the network, 3) Possibility for synergies with other network infrastructures (e.g. water & sewage utilities, gas companies).

2. Another regional municipal initiative [ in Greek ] has formed by 15 municipalities of Crete and several aegean islands. This is the third analogous municipal initiative as I’ve pointed out in a previous post .

3. By leveraging on its recently built municipal MAN, the city of Karditsa has deployed the first Greek FTTH network offering fiber access directly to residential users [ in Greek ]. The project is currently on a pilot mode and serves a small part of the city. I plan to post more info about this soon.

4. In Frankfurt, the 19th of March, OTE and DT officially announced the full integration of their networks (which was completed at 10/2/2009) [ in Greek ]. Business synergies are expected to reach 2 billion Euros in the next decade.