Netherlands - Fibre-to-the-Home Insights - 2011

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 2011, including regulatory developments and operator strategies for coming years.

Key developments:

Smaller cablecos forgoing DOCSIS for FttH; Reggefiber secures additional €285 million loan to extend FttH network; Glashart Media provides open access to its FttH network; KPN looks to upgrade FttH to 1Gb/s; regulator market data to Q1 2011; operator data to June 2011.

Companies covered in this report include:

KPN, Glashart, Teleplaza, OONO.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) networks
  • 2.1 Market overview
  • 2.2 Regional characteristics
  • 2.3 Regulating fibre
  • 2.4 Helping muni fibre
  • 2.5 Fibre and trans-sector policies
  • 2.6 Needing a national approach
  • 2.7 Wholesale fibre
  • 2.8 Open Access Model
  • 2.9 KPN
  • 2.10 Glashart
  • 2.11 Other operators
  • 2.12 Government, councils and telcos involved
    • 2.12.1 Market overview
    • 2.12.2 Kenniswijk – Eindhoven Smart City Project
    • 2.12.3 Nuenen and Helmond
    • 2.12.4 Rotterdam
    • 2.12.5 Amsterdam
    • 2.12.6 The Hague
    • 2.12.7 The Almere Project
    • 2.12.8 Projects in 2011
    • 2.12.9 Ethernet-to-the-Home (EttH)
• 3. FttH competition
  • 3.1 Overview
  • 3.2 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 - 2010; 2014
• Table 2 – Proportion of homes passed by FttH, by province – March 2010
• Table 3 – Main municipal fibre deployments; proportion of homes passed and subscribed– March 2010
• Table 4 – Regulated LLU tariffs, by access network – 2010
• Table 5 – KPN/Reggefiber FttX connections and homes passed – 2009 - 2011

• Chart 1 – KPN/Reggefiber FttX connections and homes passed – 2009 – 2011