Abstract
Overview
This annual report offers a wealth of information on the worldwide development
of Next Generation Telecoms. It focuses on Fibre-to-the-Home developments and
deployment, supported by market statistics and information on the leading
countries. Trans-sector strategy is discussed, which is required to facilitate
FttH development and a valuable case study on Australia' s proposed National
Broadband Network is also included. The report provides insight into the
issues surrounding regulating fibre access, drawing on developments from
Europe. The report explores the concept of smart/intelligent communities and
examines which cities are at the forefront of these developments. Brief
regional information focused on FttH developments in North America, Latin
America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific is also included.
Subjects covered include:
- Next Generation Telecoms (NGT);
- Trans-sector strategy;
- FttH analyses and market statistics;
- Regulating fibre access drawing on developments in Europe;
- Case study of Australia' s National Broadband Network (NBN);
- Smart/intelligent communities and cities;
- Brief regional overviews.
Key highlights:
- E-health, e-education, digital media and sustainability are the key
reasons why developed nations need Next Generation Networks.
- Smart communities cannot be built from the current silo structure that
dominates our thinking and require a holistic approach.
- In terms of FttH connections, Japan continues to lead the world with
around 14 million homes and businesses connected.
- In terms of actual FttH penetration, South Korea leads with around 44%.
- Improvements in international fibre and other infrastructure in Africa are
leading to a growing number of FttH initiatives.
- There has been substantial recent investment in next generation
infrastructure in the richer countries of the Middle East. Some projects have
been completed and others are moving forward rapidly.
- Russia accounts for over half of all Eastern European FTTx subscriptions.
- Reforms in New Zealand will create a number of Local Fibre Companies which
will operate FttH access network infrastructure in specific geographic areas.
The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology:
- This report includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing
long-range scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth
to occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely growth
trend within this band.
- The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our own
historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector statistics from
official and non-official, national and international sources. We assume a
possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.
- All statistics for GDP, revenue, etc are shown in US$, in order to
maintain consistency within and between markets. At the same time we
acknowledge that this can introduce some irregularities.
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