FTTX -Experiences and Strategies - Filling the pipe of the NGN

Management summary

Regulation overview and subsidy programmes

• Factors influencing the development and success of FTTx

Regulation

• Regulatory overview and subsidy programmes - Asia
• Regulatory overview and subsidy programmes - Europe
• Regulatory overview and subsidy programmes - USA

Business Models

• Origin of major FTTH/FTTB players
  • Divers for investments into FTTx
  • Factors pushing/preventing the adoption of FTTH/FTTB
• Type of players
  • Examples of business models
• Network deployment strategies

Services - Bandwidth needs

• General aspects
• Bandwidth needs - drivers and technology

Services - Strategy and Requirements

• Factors influencing the service/bundle offer
• Service overview - in search for the innovation
• Services of advanced European FTTH/B providers
• Services of Asian providers.

Services - Online gaming aspects

• Global online games market - revenue estimations
• Gaming offers: Altibox in Norway
• Gaming offers: GameConnect and MalarNetCity in Sweden
• Gaming offers: Fastweb in Italy, South Korea and Japan

Technological Aspects

• GPON versus Ethernet P2P - examples of pros and cons
  • General remarks
• FTTH/FTTB versus FTTC

Glossary