13 February 2009
The number of economies where fiber to the home has established a significant and growing market presence has nearly doubled over the past 18 months, according to an updated global ranking issued yesterday by the FTTH Councils of Asia‐Pacific, Europe and North America.
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28 January 2009
Consumers benefit from better telecoms services and higher investment levels in countries where the national telecoms regulatory authority has strong powers and is active in using them, according to a report published by the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA).
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2 December 2008
Broadband penetration in Europe continues to grow while the gap between the best and worst performing countries is narrowing, according to a report published by the European Commission.
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4 November 2008
The OECD recently published new data on broadband in its member countries. Fiber-to-the-Home (FttH) and Fiber-to-the-Building (FttB) subscriptions now comprise 9 per cent of all broadband connections in the OECD (up from 8 per cent in December 2007).
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3 November 2008
INTUG has identified NGNs as a strategic priority for its members, contacts and for business users globally. As a result, it commissioned a detailed paper by Stratix Consulting to analyze the issues from a business user perspective, recognizing that the focus in regulatory debate until now had been directed towards the telecom operators’ perspectives.
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24 September 2008
A study commissioned by ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association, reveals that high fixed costs will limit the availability of super fast broadband to many European homes and rural businesses.
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16 July 2008
British Telecom (BT) has planned a major upgrade of its network to become one of the world’s broadband leaders. According to the Telegraph, the new service will serve up to 10m homes by 2012.
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8 July 2008
The European Competitive Telecoms Association has welcomed the proposals from the European Parliament to amend the EU Telecoms Framework, but warned that many of the amendments approved by the Parliament’s Industry Committee on 7 July protect and favor dominant firms at the expense of competition in the telecoms sector.
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