State aid by any other name…

It would be an understatement from my part to stress that I don’t think the broadband proceedings in the UK are going in the right direction. It’s the prerogative of any private business – including incumbent BT – to focus

Policy Failure ?

I've been musing about policy a lot these last few weeks.

I sense a shift in the way European institutions in particular are looking at the issue of policy and FTTH deployment incentives.

In North America, there's a clear trope

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

The Incentive Paradox aka European NGA State Aid Guidelines

At the end of last week, the European Commission finally released its new rulings on state aid for broadband. The full document is called Community Guidelines for the application of State aid rules in relation to rapid deployment of broadband