Regulatory Certainty Works

When I was in London a few weeks ago to talk about Structural Separation, the New Zealand example was of course very much on display. The increase in compounded shareholder value of the two companies post-separation (Chorus and Spark) is

A Way Out of the New Zealand Copper Price Quagmire?

I came back from New Zealand last week, just before a political bomb related to regulated copper prices was launched. Here’s the story in a nutshell:

back when structural separation was being implemented, a review of regulated prices was put

Coming over to New Zealand

At the end of this week I’m leaving for New Zealand where I’ll be staying 8 days.

New Zealand is one of the most interesting broadband markets right now, having put in place a clever scheme to ensure fiber broadband

New Zealand Government overturns regulator’s decision on copper pricing

A couple of months back, the New Zealand Commerce Commission (the telecom regulator) announced that copper prices would be drastically reduced as the result of a switch in pricing methodologies from retail minus historically to cost based. As a consequence,

Chorus Decorates its Cabinets

I’ve spoken recently about the cabinets issues that Openreach faced in the UK and AT&T in the US. New Zealand Infrastructure Incumbent Chorus, while deploying admittedly smaller cabinets has devised a clever way to not only avoid some of

Diffraction Analysis in Wired Business

An article in Wired Business written by Susan Crawford and published on Oct. 2nd (entitled We Can’t All Be in Google’s Kansas: A Plan for Winning the Bandwidth Race) mentions our New Zealand study and highlights the positive aspects

Can the New Zealand NGA Model be Replicated?

In policy circles in Europe and North America, there’s a lot of pondering about what model may (finally) boost NGA deployment and adoption. The temptation to look abroad is strong, and Australia is often pointed at as an example, but

TelstraClear finances ads attacking the NZ UFB plans

I'm often asked what makes the Australian government so bold in their NGA plans. One thing you need to keep in mind, I always reply, is that Telstra's corporate culture has for many years been one of systematic opposition to

Friday Fiber New Roudup (Bouygues, Free, NZ and BT)

I haven't been very good at posting these last couples of weeks, for which I apologise. In case you're dying for some fiber news and more besides, here are a few links to satisfy your craving. I will make every

Highlights from the FTTH Council APAC Annual Conference

These last two days, I was in Seoul, attending the 5th FTTH Council APAC Annual Conference in Seoul. I still need to digest a lot of what I've seen or heard and follow-up with some people, but it's been really