On selecting the Consultant for the Greek FTTH Vision

The Ministry of Infrastructure released this Friday a public consultation regarding the tender for selecting the national FTTH project’s consultant. The consultant will undertake a techno-economic analysis on the project and will have to provide input to the ministry regarding the proposed business model and plan, sustainability study, sensitivity analysis and so forth.

There are a few things that stand out in the tender prototype:

1. Previous passive-only model (a.k.a. EFODIA) is being reassessed and a comparison with a 3-tier model (based on Singapore’s plan) will be made by the consultant to conclude for the best option. This clearly assumes that the new team is eventually considering the option of a distinct or compound NetCo/OpCo layered model.

2. The national FTTH network will consider leveraging on existing public fiber metro networks (Calls 93 & 195) and other private access and backhaul networks (Call 157).

3. Finally, the FTTH coverage (i.e. the number of participating cities) is also under revision.

The way things currently are, these considerations can greatly improve the Greek FTTH plan.

The consultation will run until the 22nd of January and you can access the document and participate from the ministry’s web site.

Related posts:

1. The Greek FTTH Plan Cools-off for a Year
2. Update on Greek FTTH Endeavours – and yes, OTE is interested…
3. Announcement: Legislation Guidelines for the Greek FTTH Project
4. A business model for municipal FTTH/B networks: the case of rural Greece
5. My take-aways from the 11th Greek ICT Forum