* FTTH in Europe * FTTH and Regulation * FTTH and Bandwidth * FTTH Market-Drivers * FTTH and Environment
This presentation will explain why FTTH is on its way to become a mass-market-technology in Europe. The presentation will consist of four chapters: - market-situation in Europe: a detailed analysis of the FTTH-market in Europe including the latest market data of homes connected and homes passed. The statistics will show in which countries FTTH is already deployed and the reasons for this will be discussed - market-development in Europe: further to the statistics the presentation will give a deep insight in the changes on the FTTH-market in the last 18 months. Projects in France, Slovenia and other countries involve the incumbent operators and will have high impact on the FTTH-situation in Europe in the next years - market-drivers: this section of the presentation will discuss the European understanding of broadband-services and which products and services are thought to be drivers for FTTH. In addition the environmental impact of broadband-networks can help FTTH to accelerated deployments - case-studies: the last section of the presentation shows some actual case-studies
The presentation will be done on behalf of the FTTH-Council Europe. Joeri van Bogaert, FTTH Council Europe
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| 11h00
Coffee Break>>
>>11h00
| 11h30
FTTH Worldwide Status: Business Model Issues>>
The presentation will deliver first a worldwide panorama on FTTH/B. The Japan FTTH market, the leader (more than 10 million FTTH/B subscribers), and the US one (deployments of RBOCs) will be described. Then we will focus on European market. We will then focus on FTTH cost models and examples with a special focus on France current deployments. FTTH cost model for France will be presented Main drivers for FTTH will be identified The cost model will be presented for 2 main FTTH technologies: GPON and Ethernet P2P. We will stress key issues to be solved for an FTTH deployment success in Europe: outside plans FTTH infrastructure sharing and FTTH wiring inside the Buildings. Roland Montagne, IDATE
>>11h30
| 12h00
Delivering Very High Speed Broadband: status and policies>>
In its recently published draft regulation on “regulated access to Next Generation Access network”s, the EU commission emphasizes that fiber-based very high speed broadband is a key community objective to further develop the European economy and answer to consumer’s demand for content and higher speed access.
This presentation maps the very high speed dynamic worldwide and focuses on main stakes and policy guidelines for European countries. André Merigoux, Alcatel-Lucent
Creating XttH blueprints; make tactical decisions right.>>
TNO’s PlanXs Tool helps speeding up XttH planning and saving investment costs by making blueprints automatically. These blueprints provide answers the following questions:
* Which street cabinets should I activate with VDSL2 equipment such that the desired number of customers can meet the desired bit rate. * How should I create fibre rings or stars between these points? * How should I make sure that this is done in a cost efficient way? * How should I prepare my VDSL2 network for a possible FttH roll out later? Frank Phillipson, TNO
>>13h00
| 14h30
Lunch>>
>>14h30
| 16h00
Panel Session>>
Panel Session: Key Legislative and Regulatory Issues Affecting Fiber Projects
This panel will address the key legal and regulatory issues that affect public and private FTTH projects. During the panel we will review the recent orders, regulations and decisions, and discuss the ongoing litigation and possible long term fallout
Moderator: Yves Blondeel, CEO T-Regs
Participants: Eric Heitzer, HanseNet (Germany) Chinyelu Onwurah, Ofcom (UK) Nigel Hickson, Department of Trade (UK) Roland Montagne, Idate (France) Antonio Lobo Xavier, Sonaecom (Portugal)
14.30-14.50 Next Generation Competitive Broadband
* Next generation access – where are we? * Wholesale access to enable competition. * Is effective competition possible without ownership of the local loop? * Does Ethernet have a role in the access? * Identifying and evaluating competitive attributes of Ethernet active line access. * Plotting a roadmap towards a universal wholesale Ethernet active line access.
Chinyelu Onwurah, Ofcom
14.50-15.10 Maintaining infrastructure based competition in NGA networks. * Alternative operators have invested heavily in local loop unbundling since 1998. * NGN restructuring poses a threat to ULL-based competitors and competition in general. * The incumbent and the regulator still have to define a framework for NGA. * Compensation for sunk investments at the MDF and adequate pricing for ducts, dark fibre, and subloop are essential.
Panel Session: FTTX Operator Business Models & Case Studies
This session will present real case studies and will show how to implement and profit from FTTx environments. Here delegates will understand, where and how to pay attention in developing realisic plans for FTTx businesses
ModeraTor: Stefan Stanislawski, Partner Ventura
Participants: Miguel-Angel Acero, Aggaros (Spain) Uros Lozar, IPS (Slovenia) Antonino (Toni) Ciccardi, Telecom Italia (Italy) Eric Heitzer, HanseNet (Germany)
16.20-16.40 Alternative Business Models for FTTx and Key Success Factors This presentation will describe the alternative commercial strategies observed in FTTH projects. The models draw on the author’s experience ranging from Sweden to the Middle East and from city-wide deployments by a utility to single residential property development. The paper will provide a layered structure and refer to examples. Success in the end however depends on attracting customers and the presentation will provide some example of successes and why they worked for the particular FTTH business model.
Stefan Stanislawski, Ventura
16.40-17.00 Asturias: The first FTTH network in Operations in Spain. A success history.
Miguel-Angel is going to present the FTTH network in Asturias. This network is under operations since last October and is a real success story under commercial operations. He will present an overview of this public open and neutral network covering the following items: * Market overview and Project background * Initial Objectives and strategy * Main Technical characteristics * CAPEX * Operational model * Service Portfolio * Business Plan overview * Actual situation * Lessons learned * Conclusions
(Miguel-Angel Acero, Aggaros)
17.00-17.20 FTT€ - fiber to the most economical point
The presentation will focus on: * FTTN/Mini MSAN – cost optimized »triple play« solution for rural, suburban and also urban areas and especially for PCM connections * case study: CAPEX comparison FTTH vs. FTTN/Mini MSAN based on mathematical model developed by Faculty for electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana on real data from Slovenian network * where “pay as you grow” really works for even 1. subscriber (Uros Lozar, IPS) 17.20-17.40
FTTx in Telecom Italia: access network evolution
* Why to move towards NGN2, the main drivers to an FTTx * architecture * Which FTTx architecture: technology, performances, constrains * The first development steps for the changes in the access network * The steps and analysis for next phases and medium/long term development (Toni Ciccardi, Telecom Italia)
