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Prysmian Group Insight
Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) has
been talked about for decades,
but it is nowadays shaping up to
be the foundation of a new digital
society. The increasing consumer
demand for high-speed network
accessibility is being taken more
and more seriously by governments
n
whose mission is to accelerate the
availability of fibre-based, ultra-high
speed access networks which boasts
more than 150 members, Prysmian
Group among them. A contracted
team is working to promote the
benefits of fibre access across the
continent.
At its General Assembly in
Amsterdam the FTTH Council said
that the organisation will evolve
from “push” to “pull” in the years
leading up to 2020. Instead
of simply pushing messages
and information to broadband
stakeholders, it will also increasingly
rely on the multiplier effect of its
stakeholders.
“The FTTH Council Europe is
now recognised as a reliable
source of information by a wide
GLOBAL SCENARIO
The FTTH Council to
push for the broadband
Tackling the tough topics of the infrastructure, such as financing
range of players in Europe,”
said
Chairman
Karin Ahl.
“This means
that we can focus even further
on addressing the tough topics,
such as financing, to ensure that
stakeholders have the information
they need to make the right
decisions.”
The organisation will focus on four
main objectives in 2013 and 2014.
The first is bringing the European
Commission, the regulators and the
national policy makers back on the
FTTH track, to ensure that future-
proof fibre access infrastructure is
put in place, rather than short-term,
intermediate solutions. Secondly,
it will address the strategic issue
of financing FTTH networks:
there is money available for fibre
infrastructure, but some common
misunderstandings between
investors and project owners need
to be addressed, as fibre projects
are often too small to be on the
radar of the institutional investors.
Third, prove and communicate the
need for FTTH, so that consumers
are informed of the advantages of
fibre-based broadband. Fourth but
not least, work on consolidating
existing partnerships and developing
further alliances with national or
industry-focused organisations to
multiply the impact of FTTH Council
Europe’s messages.
