The FTTH Council Europe conference last week in Luxembourg was a good edition (although I definitely think that the Council’s strategy of going for smaller and smaller hosting cities is misguided) with a number of topics that resonated with me.
AT&T’s New Paradigm
Copper Strands (CC) Blyzz
A couple of weeks ago, AT&T unveiled its investment plans going forward and clarified the way it envisages wireline and wireless broadband in the coming years. Teresa Mastrangelo has a blog post that clarifies the salient
More details on the B4RN FTTH model
Despite its naff title 'The Villagers Digging for Victory', this article in the Telegraph is actually pretty good and contributes a fair amount of detail on the financial model of B4RN, the community rural project in the UK
The Importance of B4RN
It would be easy to dismiss the B4RN initiative in the UK as such a small scale approach that it is meaningless, and that's no doubt what the lobbyists who try to shape policy and regulation in the UK are
Fujitsu, Virgin and Talk Talk rock BT’s boat
Incumbents are facing a difficult conundrum as the market (slowly) shifts from copper to fiber. Short-term financial considerations (and shareholder