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Framing a National Broadband Policy
Yesterday I read Robert Atkinson’s “Framing a National Broadband Policy“, a very good introduction to the challenges, benefits and implementation tradeoffs of a National Broadband Policy. In my view, the best parts of the paper are: Section IV: where the author explains... (Continue reading)
Always room for fiber
Written on 12 May, 2008 at 16:52 in The Blog | viewed 2 times | 0 Comments
“Always room for fiber” by John C. Tanner provides an excellent overview of southeast Asian & Pacific national strategies to promoting FTTx. It uses a good compilation of global statistics (such as FTTH Global Rankings indicated in previous post) and... (Continue reading)
FTTx Workgroup – Open Dialogue @ 29/5/2008 – Update
I’m back (sooner than expected) with a short update on Id3 workgroup’s first meeting specifics: The meeting will be held at President Hotel (Kifissias 43, Ampelokipi) on the 29th of May. It is scheduled to start at 16:30 and conclude at... (Continue reading)
E-business forum – FTTx Workgroup – Open Dialogue @ 29/5/2008
Ebusiness forum Id3 workgroup have planned an open dialogue – consultation about FTTx (Fiber to the Home – Fiber to the Building) aiming at structuring a set of proposals about the prospects and potentials of FTTx network deployments in Greece. This... (Continue reading)
Ebusiness Forum FTTx Workgroup site update
I have added a couple of interesting files at the Ebusiness forum FTTx workgroup’s site. You should read the rather old but by no means outdated “Broadband Access in the Information Society”, a national strategy white paper produced by the... (Continue reading)
France to mandate fiber optics in all new buildings
A colleague has pointed me to this interesting development in France reported in this article. Although this option is in-sync with our suggestion for “Broadband Ready Buildings” – BRB [see NETMODE's presentation at EETT Broadband Forum referred in a previous post],... (Continue reading)
OECD Workshop on fibre investment and policy challenges – UPDATE
Few weeks ago I posted about OECD’s Forum on fiber investment and policy challenges, at Stavanger. OECD has released all presentations on the Workshop’s site. Most of them are very interesting, some compelling! I recommend to everyone involved in the fiber... (Continue reading)
AIT Workshop on April 11, 2008 (comments and conclusions) – PART3
To conclude my report on AIT Workshop on “FTTx architectures, technologies, business and economic aspects” I have compiled a list of short & longer remarks I found intriguing from either speakers or attendants, and some personal conclusions: “GPON is chosen... (Continue reading)
AIT Workshop on April 11, 2008 (comments and conclusions) – PART2
One thing I like in life is Mathematics. And the best thing in Mathematics is numbers! In this Workshop much too many figures were provided from either academic modeling or corporate planning. Below are the major findings the way I... (Continue reading)
AIT Workshop on April 11, 2008 (comments and conclusions) – PART1
On Friday the 11th April I attended the International Workshop: “FTTx architectures, technologies, business and economic aspects” organized by Athens Information Technology (AIT). It was an overall satisfying, well organized event that aimed at presenting 1) FTTx strategies, 2) operational... (Continue reading)
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