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The recent Australian elections resulted in a tight win by the Labour party. Presumably Labor had to cut a deal with the 2 rural independent MPs to form a Government. This deal provided (according to reports from the down under) that NBN will start deployments in rural areas with metropolitan centers following later. This is […]
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Ribarroja de Ebro (Riba-roja d’Ebre) is a tiny village in the northeastern Spain that have started its own FTTH project to cover a population of 1350 inhabitants (estimated penetration: 50%), with a budget totalling 200k euros. I think the case is very interesting due to the small size of the FTTH network and its implications […]
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A few weeks ago, Info, the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media of Emerald Press published my article “A business model for municipal FTTH/B networks: the case of rural Greece” co-authored with colleague Vasilis Merekoulias and prof. Vasilis Maglaris. The article proposes a business model for municipalities for the establishment […]
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Seine-et-Marne, outside Paris (in the area of Roissy) have finished deploying the first phase of its ambitious FTTH rollout (under the name sem@for77) last year. Seine-et-Marne aim at 750M euros investment to serve in full the entire area with FTTH access (570k end subscribers) and have signed a 20 years contract with Covage for managing […]
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A while ago KPN got a stake in Reggefiber and the municipal network of Amsterdam as well numerous other municipal and/or city networks of Reggefiber. A few days before we farewelled 2009 and welcomed spreads, austerity measures, IMF and the likes, DongEnergy, the largest power distribution grid in Denmark sold 60% of its FTTH assets […]
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During one of the conference breaks in Lisbon, I had the chance to catch up with Kai Seim who runs Kai Seim & Partners, an active consulting firm in Germany. Kai Seim & Partners issued the “Fibre in Germany” last year that covers broadband infrastructures development in Germany. A nice read if you haven’t bought […]
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Some time ago I wrote about ArNET, the wireless network of the municipality of Argyroupolis. The project is intriguing by the fact that this is the only large scale municipal wireless network in Greece. So, I asked an interview with ArNET management and Mr. Stefanos Paschalides, General Manager of ArNET, and Mrs. Isidora Lazaridou, Development […]
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A few weeks ago, Optronics announced the completion of the first FTTH pilot network in Greece, in the city of Karditsa. Optronics has also been awarded the construction of the city’s fiber MAN, funded under the Call 93 of Information Society Programm. The FTTH network in the city comes to underpin the city’s efforts for […]
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Essen is the next German city to plan the installation of an FTTH network. According to tcmnet the municipal holding Essen EW and Conlinet are preparing to deploy an FTTH network in the city. Annual capital expenditures are estimated to reach 10M euros until all (!) 45.000 houses in the city are connected. The go/no-go […]
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I’ve read Rob Atksinson’s and George Ou’s article published in the latest FTTH Prism newsletter entitled “Why Municipal Fiber Hasn’t Succeeded“. The authors argue that municipal broadband has not been successful because municipal broadband initiatives have not proven to be financially viable. The argumentation is persuasive at first reading; however, I’d like to take a […]
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