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Greece’s Telecom Market: A Reality Check (part I)
The Greek telecommunications market was liberated by EETT , the National Regulatory Authority in 2001 . Strong optimism on market’s prospects and the stock market prosperity of the time led many (far more than the local market could sustain) entrepreneurs... (Continue reading)
A small corrections in Greece’s broadband figures
A valued reader has pointed me to a wrong figure in “Up-to-date Figures on the Greek Broadband Market“. Chart figures for June 2008 does not sum to 1.246M as reported in the summary list. To solve the discrepancy, I consulted... (Continue reading)
Up-to-date Figures on the Greek Broadband Market
Prof. Nikitas Alexandridis‘, (President of EETT) presentation in the 73rd Thessaloniki International Fair provided information about the current status of the Greek broadband market. Below find some key remarks: 1,294.1bn euros were invested in 2007 in the Greek market. 295M euros... (Continue reading)
Greek National Broadband Strategy: Some Initial Concerns
The national broadband investment plan recently announced by the minister of communications has brought optimism to the market and society: The project shall influx a substantial amount of money to the telecommunications industry (constructions, vendors etc). The introduction of an independent... (Continue reading)
e-Trikala: A Greek show case for digital cities
Trikala is hosting his year’s Broadband Cities 2008. The municipality of Trikala is a small city in size yet very active in broadband! The city is proven very successful in broadband (it has built wireless mesh at first, and is... (Continue reading)
More than 1.4M broadband connections in Greece
According to OTE’s data for the third quarter of 2008 published on Friday, the sum of active ADSL connections reached 1.415M. 890K of these are bitstream connections and 525K are unbundled local loops. These data raise broadband penetration in the... (Continue reading)
e-Trikala: A Greek show case for digital cities
Trikala is hosting his year’s Broadband Cities 2008. The municipality of Trikala is a small city in size yet very active in broadband! The city is proven very successful in broadband (it has built wireless mesh at first, and is... (Continue reading)
Greek National Strategy for Fiber Access Networks
Yesterday, Minister of Communications, Mr. Chatzidakis announced the long awaited national strategy for fiber access networks (see FTTH). Following the examples of Korea, Japan and Sweden, Greece drafted a national strategy for fiber access based on governmental funding and coordination... (Continue reading)
Video on Demand by OTE. But When?
There were numerous references in telecom blogs and news-sites on OTE’s & ODG plans for Video on Demand (VOD) services. Throughout the web, I didn’t found nothing more than a reproduction of ODG’s press release which can be found on... (Continue reading)
Code for Quality Indicators in Electronic Communication Services in Greece
Following the recent public consultation [See EETT Consultation on Quality Indicators for Electronic Communications Services] on measurements and monitoring of a set of quality indicators, EETT has finally issued the Code for Quality Indicators in Electronic Communication Services. The code... (Continue reading)
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