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The purpose of this post is to put a few observations regarding the services options available to public planners of NGA infrastructures; for future reference. This is only a draft on benefits and risks for public offerings on Layer 1 and Layer 2 services. National broadband plans (i.e. nationwide NGA infrastructures) concentrate primarily in building […]
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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 […]
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I really enjoyed this year’s Greek ICT Forum. It was an interesting two-days forum with exceptional speakers and a few unique take-outs which I provide here for you. They really worth being noted and quoted: Theodoros Karounos, Prime Minister’s Advisor: – apps.gov.gr (reflections on apps.google.com) – Let us dare to create new best practices and […]
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Prime Minister George Papandreou addressed the 11th Greek ICT Forum and presented in brief the digital plan of his new government. While the prime Minister sets the green economic growth at the center of the governmnental efforts, he places the public digital strategy on 4 supporting pillars: The widening of the right and the ability […]
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I will be addressing this year’s 11th Greek ICT Forum this Thursday 5/11/2009 during the morning session “From the Bronze Age to the Fiber Optics” (bronze aka. copper). The panel I take part in is full with market executives and policy makers and I will take on the occasion to discuss the inclusion of existing […]
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Last weekend I saw the national FTTH project making it to the weekly mainstream newspaper covers. This often indicates that the big thing is at the gates! Today, Mr. Stylianides, the minister of communications, gave a press conference about the project. The ministry released, in writing, a series of details about the project, the most […]
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OTE’s CEO Panagis Vourloumis announced this Friday (10/7/2009) that the organization decided to set in motion its VDSL roll-out plans “as soon as possible”. According to organization’s top executive, national FTTH plans face bureaucratic delays and OTE “can’t wait any longer” [Check Reuters and Adslgr.com]. OTE has been testing VDSL for a long time. And […]
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Estonia becomes the next East European country to outline a National Broadband project for the development of high-speed broadband infrastructure through-out the country. According to Associated Press , the Estonian government and telecommunications providers in the country announced a $500 million plan to boost broadband penetration and overall economy. The Estonian economy is expected to […]
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In cold blood, the Australian Government threw away the proposals filed for its NBN RfP and went for plan B. While everyone was expecting the announcement of the winning consortium, any day soon, Australian Government concluded that none of the proposals fitted Government’s long-term plans and decided to “toss” a few extra dozens of billions […]
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Starhub was selected to run the communications network of Singapore (i.e. design, build and operation of the active infrastructure to provide wholesale broadband connectivity to Retail Service Providers). Read iDA ‘s press release and Yong Ying-I – chairman of iDA – address on the matter. Tim posts an insightful brief on the bid. While I […]
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