The Greek FTTH Plan Cools-off for a Year

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 ICT project of the country is kept in high priority by the ministry, however, according to the high-rank official, the tender for the FTTH project will be issued in 2011. In the first half of 2010 a group of experts (which is currently being formed) will prepare the tender for a) a techno-economic study and b) the legislative framework for the project and the corresponding public consultation.

The file submission for approval to European Commission is planned for the second half of 2010.

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4. On The Cost of Defering the National Broadband Plan in Cebit & WCIT
5. Announcement: Legislation Guidelines for the Greek FTTH Project

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