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
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Free va-t-il lancer des offres 10Gbps ?
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Avant de rentrer dans les détails, clarifions une chose : cet article est de la pure spéculation. Nous n’avons aucune fuite au sujet de ce que nous écrivons ici, et nous
Is Free about to launch 10Gb/s offers in France ?
Before we get into this, let me make one thing clear: this article is pure speculation. We have no insider information about this, neither have we talked to anyone inside Free about it. It’s very likely we’re wrong. But
ARCEP investigates efficiency of FTTH mutualisation in dense areas
If you’ve been following the French telecom scene these last few days, you can’t have missed the turmoil that the regulator’s latest announcement led to. For those who missed it, the French telecom regulatory authority -the ARCEP- published on January
Salvaging Google Fiber’s Achievements
In the wake of Google Access CEO Craig Barratt’s “goodbye Access” post on the Google Fiber blog yesterday, there are papers left, right and center predicting the end of Google Fiber. Barratt’s post tries to sound upbeat, but in essence
Edge datacenters will require denser fiber networks
Yesterday I was at the Datacloud Congress in Monaco, where I had the opportunity to chair a session about the latest trends regarding dark fiber in Europe. The event is a must-go in the field of datacenters and cloud computing,
The Verdict is In: FTTH Wins
A few weeks ago I published a piece entitled Calling Fiber by its Name. Based on a decision by French authorities, operators offering coaxial (FTTLA) or copper (VDSL) fiber based products can still use the word Fiber in their
Calling Fibre by its Name
From a technology standpoint, the various flavours of next generation networks connecting the home have pretty clear distinctions: FTTH, FTTB, FTTC, etc. may sound barbaric to the layman but they have exact definitions. From a marketing standpoint though, it no
Electricity and Fiber: A Match Made in Heaven?
The recent announcement by national electrical company ENEL that it intends to deploy Fiber to the Home to most Italian homes has created a lot of noise and tension in the Italian market, and deservedly so. It is a very
The Impact of Market Structure on Broadband Profitability
In the last few years, Diffraction Analysis has been vocal about the virtues of structural separation. It’s not because we’re getting paid to push that view (we’re not, sadly for us) or because we think vertically integrated markets are unfair