Released on: February 19, 2008, 9:27 pm

Press Release Author: Aileen Brucal

Industry: Telecommunications

Press Release Summary: According to InfoCom's latest report FTTX - EXPERIENCES AND
STRATEGIES - Filling the pipe of the NGN, it results that in worldwide, fibre
deployments are mainly pushed by alternative players

Press Release Body: According to InfoCom's latest report FTTX - EXPERIENCES AND
STRATEGIES - Filling the pipe of the NGN, it results that in worldwide, fibre
deployments are mainly pushed by alternative players. Altnets push own FTTH
connections as with such a strategy they generate higher margins, saving ULL costs
to pay to the incumbent. In some countries, fibre deployment from the side of the
incumbent put further pressure on altents to push their own connection. In Germany,
for instance, more and more city carriers have launched fibre projects in late 2007
to react on Deutsche Telekom's FTTC/VDSL deployment. Still, the majority of German
alternatives, plan rather to invest in VDSL2.

The report presents various business models: "Open platform" business model,
"Partnership" model, and "Proprietary" offers, where the chosen business model
depends on the background of the infrastructure owner, local regulation and
competition context. And different "levels" of players needed to provide telecom or
media services to the end-user: Passive Infrastructure Owner (PIO), Active
Infrastructure Owner (AIO) and Service & Content Providers.

The analysis of the different business models shows that incumbents' main drivers to
invest into fibre are actually a handful. First of all, pressure by competitors: in
France and in the US, alternative carriers, fixed and CaTV, offer high-speed
connections and TV/video content. Second, government programmes and subsidies, for
instance in Japan and South Korea. A third driver is OPEX implications: cost cuts by
reducing number of local exchange sites, related workforce and maintenance
expenditures. As of economic drivers, many incumbents prefer investments into
FTTC/VDSL2 instead of FTTH/B: incumbents, especially European ones, face relevant
investments into NGN (next generation network) infrastructure and have a tight limit
for further investments like FTTx. In new build areas for instance, FTTH/FTTB might
be deployed, although the incumbent follows a FTTC strategy otherwise, as in the
case of KPN, Telecom Italia and Telia.

The study provides also a detailed analysis of bandwidth needs for the different
services to be delivered through the "pipe", with factors influencing the
service/bundle offer and services launched by advanced European and Asian players. A
separate section illustrates in details online gaming applications. Market scenarios
are provided by country through market dashboards in excel format. A closing
technological section provides an assessment of FTTH/FTTB versus FTTC.

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FTTX - EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES - Filling the pipe of the NGN is one of the latest
InfoCom's reports. With more than 100 pages of text and data market models, e,
condensed pages, the study illustrates the different business models of players
around the world, innovative providers and applications, service bundle offers,
bandwidth needs of future applications and market drivers and obstacles, with
potential assessment and forecasts..
FTTX - EXPERIENCES AND STRATEGIES - Filling the pipe of the NGN is only one of
several reports that InfoCom provides. To know more, please contact us.

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