Netherlands - Fibre-to-the-Home Developments

Synopsis

Dutch broadband penetration is among the highest in the world, the result of government and municipal investment in broadband infrastructure together with a range of local initiatives. The country’s comprehensive DSL and cable networks have thus been supplemented with wide-scale fibre deployment: financial commitments from KPN/Reggefiber, BBned and municipalities have pushed the Netherlands to the forefront of fibre infrastructure in Europe. KPN’s decision to deliver FttH nationally within the next few years will further consolidate this lead, helping to place the country as the regional benchmark against which other European operators and regulators will be assessed. This report analyses fibre deployments in the Netherlands in 2010, including regulatory developments and operator strategies for coming years.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  
  • 2.1 Regulating fibre
    
  • 2.2 Helping muni fibre
    
  • 2.3 Fibre and trans-sector policies
    
  • 2.4 Needing a national approach
    
  • 2.5 Wholesale fibre
    
  • 2.6 Open Access Model
    
  • 2.7 KPN
    
  • 2.8 Glashart
    
  • 2.9 Other operators
    
  • 2.10 Government, councils and telcos involved
    
    • 2.10.1 Kenniswijk – Eindhoven Smart City Project
      
    • 2.10.2 Nuenen and Helmond
      
    • 2.10.3 Rotterdam
      
    • 2.10.4 Amsterdam
      
    • 2.10.5 The Almere Project
      
    • 2.10.6 Projects in 2010
      
    • 2.10.7 Ethernet-to-the-Home (EttH)
      
• 3. FttH competition
  
  • 3.1 Cablecos and fibre
    
• 4. All-IP network regulations
  
  • 4.1 Nationwide FttH initiative from KPN
    
• 5. Other reports
  

• Table 1 – FttH connections and subscribers – 2006 - 2011
• Table 2 – FttH homes passed by province – March 2009
• Table 3 – FttH homes passed and subscribed, by municipality – March 2009