From a technology standpoint, the various flavours of next generation networks connecting the home have pretty clear distinctions: FTTH, FTTB, FTTC, etc.
Telecom Italia goes full-blown FTTC
Strange Dynamics in the UK FTTx Market
The UK has been a market of particular interest for me in the last few months, partly because as I noted in a previous post, we have seen a lot more private initatives in FTTH there than in most
The growing impact of FTTH
BBWF Vibe
I've always felt that Broadband World Forum was just the right size for a telecom event. It's big enough that more or
This is how they should sell Fiber
The following is an AT&T advert for the DVR capability of their U-Verse TV service. It's conceptually good and somewhat reminiscent of the
BT, FTTP, Water and Ducts
Some might argue that it had never really started, but in any case BT has announced that they were resuming FTTP deployment starting this month. Apparently the delay in deploying FTTP was due to other FTTP trials providing a lot
BT must physically unbundle… someday
A press release yesterday by the EC states that the commission accepts Ofcom's proposal to enforce only Active Line Access (now called VULA) wholesaling of the FTTC
Reflections on Cable, FTTx and future-proofing…
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with the CTO of a European Cable Operator who shall remain nameless, at least for now. You see, I've been trying to ascertain the upgrade path of cable for the last few
Back from the (virtually) dead
I've been travelling these last few days with a bad combination of available time or wifi access (ie. I never had both at the same time). The usual consequence of being back is that the workload hs gone through the