Competition and the role of wholesale as fixed broadband goes mainstream

Table of Contents

Key messages

What is wholesale broadband?

• Figure 1 Bandwidth requirements of current and future applications
• Differing wholesale models
• Figure 2 Wholesale broadband options
• Figure 3 Different wholesale broadband options
• Figure 4 Local Loop Unbundling variants
• Other options available to competitive carriers
• The access owner's point of view

Critical issues for fixed broadband wholesalers

• Opening up other broadband networks
• Operational separation of access services
• Broadband as the Trojan Horse
• Next-generation broadband networks
• Systems requirements
• Service differentiation
• Opportunities for second-level wholesalers

Geographic summary

• Europe, Middle East and Africa
• Americas
• Asia-Pacific