The first question of course determines the importance of the problem : if owning pre-existing fiber only provides a small advantage over competitors who don’t, then sure, some will be there a little faster, but competitors will catch up soon
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5G threatens the mobile competition model (Part 1)
There is no doubt that talk about 5G is still mostly hype. That’s not to say the technology isn’t being developed or worked on, but in practice no one has yet figured out a way to make money by
Panel Session on Pipes and Platforms
This is the full video capture of a Panel Session I spoke at with Gary Kim and Dean Bubley back in January at PTC’19. It’s a short round of Q&A that leads to some interesting considerations about where the market
FTTP Opportunities in Asia Pacific
Diffraction Analysis partnered with the Broadband Asia event held in Bangkok on April 24-25th. In the run up to the event, I will be sharing some thoughts about market trends in Asia.
Asia Pacific is a paradox when it comes
Present and Future of Panasian Telecoms
Diffraction Analysis partnered with the Broadband Asia event held in Bangkok on April 24-25th. In the run up to the event, I will be sharing some thoughts about market trends in Asia.
One of the striking aspects of the Asian
Leading French TV Group Demonstrates the Lack of Value of its own Content
Once in a while in the business world you see something so unbelievably stupid that you know the moment it happens that it will be taught in business schools as a case study in fatal mistakes for decades to come.
Diffraction Analysis at Broadband Forum Asia (April 24-25th, 2018)
Diffraction Analysis has partnered with Broadband Forum Asia to promote a key event for the APAC Telecom Market and contribute content at the event itself.
The event will take place on April 24-25th in Bangkok as part of Broadband TV
Passive Optical LAN Opens Up Opportunities for B2B Service Providers
Passive Optical LAN is sometimes described as Fiber to the Desk. It uses point to multipoint fiber connections to deliver gigabit speeds to every end point within a business location. It’s gaining traction in the B2B market, but operators have
WiFi Dominates the Mobile Experience
It’s been a good week for interesting reports coming out of regulatory agencies. Earlier this week, ComCom NZ released a report measuring how much of the regulated wholesale price for fixed was passed on to consumers (spoiler alert: in NZ, most
Has the Time for Fixed Wireless Finally Arrived?
For a long time in the early years of Fiber Deployment we kept hearing arguments that with mobile’s evolution path it was perhaps not necessary to deploy fiber to the home. One day, mobile would deliver the same speeds at