Earlier this week, a short article on Total Telecom was widely distributed in broadband circles. Entitled Portugal Telecom Selling Off Its Copper it outlines how, now that Portugal Telecom has reached a critical mass of fiber to the home customers,
Building the Optimal NGA Service Portfolio
Building an NGA service portfolio is a challenging task: the cost of the new infrastructure being deployed is such that profitability can only be obtained if significant proportions of customers switch from legacy broadband to NGA broadband. Balancing price and
TV 2.0 is an opportunity for telcos to be at the heart of content delivery
In the last decade, distribution of linear video content has been one of the key drivers for broadband service upgrades. During this period, IPTV became a significant player in the TV broadcast field, and it will only become more important
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
Interview: Sue White (Alcatel Lucent)
The second interview I managed to do in Lisbon was of Sue White, who is in charge of Alcatel Lucent’s recently unveiled HLN strategy. I asked Sue to explain what HLN was and how it affected Next Generation Access deployment
Orange (finally) clarifies FTTH strategy
The following video by FTTH Project Leader Yves Parfait was posted today on the Orange Innovation TV website. It only exists in French so far (some of their videos are subtitled). If time allows, I’ll do a transcript, but it’s
Definitive Views on GPON vs EP2P…
If you were one of the early followers of Fiberevolution, you know that one of the first "visible" posts explored the issue of incumbent GPON deployment.I did not know it back then (although I found out real fast!), but I
Reflexions on Fiber to the Church
There seems to be some consensus at the political level in France that some money from the intended national loan (whereby the people of France would lend money to their government to help it shape tomorrow's economy) should go to