Europe - Infrastructure - FttH & NGNs

Synopsis

During the next few years Europe’s telecom networks have will have undergone extraordinary changes as incumbents and new entrants switch on their All-IP Next Generation Networks. Investments in NGNs are aimed at meeting burgeoning consumer demand for high-bandwidth applications, but they have also triggered a number of regulatory changes on both the national and European levels as regulators endeavour to provide fair network access to competitors. These measures have included provisions for the functional separation of incumbent operators. There has also been increased activity in fibre deployments as a result of the falling price of fibre builds and regulatory approval of municipal and government involvement in large infrastructure projects. This report presents statistics and analysis on fibre and NGN developments in Europe in 2009, and assesses the wide-ranging implications for Europe’s telecoms infrastructure as incumbents migrate to IP networks.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Regulatory environment
  
  • 2.1 Regulating Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
    
  • 2.2 Regulating FttH
    
    • 2.2.1 Municipal involvement
      
    • 2.2.2 Incumbents
      
• 3. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH)
  
  • 3.1 The European picture in 2009
    
    • 3.1.1 Forecast FTTx growth
      
    • 3.1.2 Arguments for fibre
      
    • 3.1.3 Last mile alternatives
      
    • 3.1.4 Government support
      
    • 3.1.5 Different models
      
    • 3.1.6 Fibre technologies
      
  • 3.2 Austria
    
  • 3.3 The Netherlands
    
  • 3.4 Italy
    
  • 3.5 UK
    
    • 3.5.1 Fibre access and Community Broadband Access networks
      
  • 3.6 Denmark
    
  • 3.7 France
    
    • 3.7.1 Municipal drive
      
  • 3.8 Norway
    
  • 3.9 Spain
    
  • 3.10 Sweden
    
  • 3.11 Germany
    
  • 3.12 Eastern European developments
    
• 4. Next Generation Networks
  
  • 4.1 NGN in Europe
    
  • 4.2 The UK
    
  • 4.3 The Netherlands
    
  • 4.4 Germany
    
  • 4.5 France
    
  • 4.6 Italy
    
  • 4.7 Greece
    
  • 4.8 Portugal
    
• 5. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Fibre penetration per home passed in selected European countries – January 2009
• Table 2 – Proportion of fibre subscribers per home passed in selected European countries – January 2009
• Table 3 – FTTx subscribers and homes passed – 2007 - 2008
• Table 4 – FTTx deployments by model – 2006; 2008
• Table 5 – Main European FttH deployments by operator – January 2009
• Table 6 – FTTx deployments by country and model – January 2009
• Table 7 – FttH/B households forecast – 2007 - 2014
• Table 8 – FttH/B household penetration forecast in selected European countries – 2013
• Table 9 – Fibre as proportion of total broadband connections in selected world countries – 2007
• Table 10 – Fibre broadband access lines in selected European countries – 2007 - 2008
• Table 11 – Fibre penetration in top European FttH markets - April 2008
• Table 12 – Percentage of homes connected to FttH in selected European countries - June 2008
• Table 13 – DSL and fibre data comparison
• Table 14 – Fibre prices per household by penetration rate - 2008
• Table 15 – FttH connections and subscribers in the Netherlands – 2006 - 2008
• Table 16 – Planned FttH connections in the Netherlands – 2008 - 2011
• Table 17 – Fibre accesses in Italy – 2004 - 2008
• Table 18 – Telecom Italia fibre accesses – 2007 - 2010
• Table 19 – Telecom Italia fibre cabinet network – 2008 - 2010
• Table 20 – Free Paris fibre market projections - 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012; 2014

• Exhibit 1 – Estimated cost of fibre by deployment in the UK – 2009