Research and Markets: FTTH in Europe 2010: Facts, Trends and Key Success Factors

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4ff82b/ftth_in_europe_201) has announced the addition of the "FTTH in Europe 2010: Facts, Trends and Key Success Factors" report to their offering.

The European FTTH market has been showing high dynamics, rapidly growing. The total number of households passed which has nearly tripled in one year, from 5,8 to more than 18 million!. Today some 400 projects in Europe encompass 2,4 million FTTH subscribers.

The market is however differing from country to country. Nearly 64% of FTTH/B subscribers are located in 6 markets: Sweden, Italy, France, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark.

When it comes to FTTH/B penetration rate, the top 3 are Sweden, Norway and Slovenia. Sweden remains the country with the highest FTTH penetration, 13 % of the total households (1,2 M HH passed) and nearly 500.000 FTTH subscribers, Norway has a FTTH penetration of 11 % of the households and 235.400 FTTH subscribers.

Smaller countries such as Slovenia demonstrate high penetration rate as well 12%.

These developments are due to the competitive forces within the markets, but public owned entities are taking over an increasing market share, representing half of the projects (44%). Beneath impulse coming from public authorities and utilities, the regulatory policy is essential and of major impact on the specifics of each national FTTH market, even if embedded within the European framework.

Key topics by FTTH in Europe 2010:

• Analyse the role of public actors as key players within the FTTH market,
• Show the regulatory approaches and explain how it impacts investments and competition within the market.
• Understand the attitude of incumbents regarding the open access initiatives and the regulator measures (Partnership, shared infrastructures
• Describe strategies related to CAPEX and efficient deployment strategies
• Show the development of services and offers (HDTV, Triple play, VoD,VoIP)
• Understand technologies choices between GPON, Pto
• Analyse the Scandinavian return of experience for FTTH

In the European FTTH market, Scandinavian countries have a preponderant role, having been pioneers in this sector. Sweden has seen deployments appearing by the two major competitive telcos Bredbandsbolaget (B2) and Bostream since 1998 or by Stokab, issued from the City of Stockholm which started FTTH implementation as early as 1994. Being ahead of the European activities, Scandinavian countries are leading the FTTH European market in terms of penetration per households but also of return of experience.

Scope of the study:

33 countries analysed! More than 400 FTTH projects described!

Key Topics Covered:

I. SUCCESS FACTORS FOR VIABLE AND ENTICING FTTH DEPLOYMENTS- a. Best practice- Scandinavian examples b. Specific market developments

II. MARKET STATUS AND DEVELOPMENTS a. Evolution of the market (Norway, Sweden, Denmark in focus and in general statistics on the European market status: with a detailed presentation of projects and dynamics of each country(expected growth- strategies-) b. Business model- general trends c. Categories of market players trends on partnerships and consolidation d. Applied technology

III. REGULATORY ISSUES AND THEIR IMPACT a. European Commission b. Scandinavian market regulation incentive? c. Significant examples in Europe and analysis on the efficiency degree of specific measures package

IV. SERVICES PORTFOLIO SERVICE OFFERINGS, TRENDS AND BUSINESS CASE ELEMENTS a. Description of positioning of the services generic triple play services b. Additional services against broadband health, security etc c. Business case, tariffs elements

V. DESCRIPTION OF THE FTTH MARKETS a. Detailed description of each of the 33 national market and their projects b. Detailed description on each project (operator, location, passed households, subscribers, forecasts, comments)

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KEYWORDS:   Europe

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