Bouygues Telecom to offer FTTx services over Numéricable’s network

Early this week, Bouygues Telecom, the #3 mobile player in the French market announced that they would be offering triple play FTTB services starting Summer 2010. In 2009, Bouygues Telecom launched their triple-play BBox offering over ADSL over the remnants

THD92 is back from the dead!

Yesterday morning in my snail mail box there was a brochure for the THD92 project. This brochure was distributed as a supplement to the monthly rag we receive from the 92 department. It's essentially propaganda, but when it's propaganda about

Internet Empowerment and Government Involvement

Last year, I was invited by the APDC to speak at their annual conference. The theme was Power to the People and I spoke about what I saw as the potential implications of connectivity on citizen empowerment. It was also

France Inter show on Optic Fiber in France

French radio France Inter had a show on Optic Fiber yesterday. It's available in streaming format on their website here if you speak French. Interesting show, a little populist on the side, but a couple of interesting things:

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THD92 is good to go

THD92 is a massive local government fiber project in the suburbs close to Paris. I wrote in depth about it back in 2007 when it was announced, but not much happened since then. The pending ruling by the EC didn't

FTTH: Engage the ecosystem!

Earlier this week, French regulator ARCEP released the most recent NGA numbers it has collected from the various players in the market. France currently has 50.000 homes subscribing to FTTH services and 180.000 homes subscribing to a HFC cable offer.

Video Monitoring Premature Babies

Orange has a really interesting video (with English subtitles) on a service they are trialling in a neonatal hospital. Essentially, what it is is a monitoring system that allows mothers of premature babies to stay in the same rooms as

New Fiber Initiative in France?

According to Jean-Michel Soulier of Covage, a new initiative to make FTTH deployment in France a reality is emerging. Jean-Michel has posted a blog post entitled French Government's €750M for FTTH: is France going to be the next Australia? In

“La Fibre Sociale”

Most FTTH projects, whether they are private or public, are based on commercial principles. While it has been recognised that the biggest digital divide may not ultimately be between urban and rural but between those who can connect to the