Ending the UK Status Quo
I have already expressed here all the reasons why I think Structural Separation would be a good thing for the UK infrastructure, for competition and for BT itself. If you haven’t read my views on this,...
View ArticleWhy smart services need better -not just more- data
In the last decade, an incredible amount of innovative digital services were made available to the consumer, improving their quality of life. Most of these services rely on the ability to collect,...
View ArticleThe Infrastructure Solution to the Broadband Problem
The FTTH Council Europe conference last week in Luxembourg was a good edition (although I definitely think that the Council’s strategy of going for smaller and smaller hosting cities is misguided) with...
View ArticleThe Vorto project, a no-standard approach to IoT interoperability
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon an interesting project while I was writing my article ‘Why smart services need better -not just more- data’: the open source Vorto project, which aims at developing...
View ArticleHas Ofcom Gone Far Enough in Regulating Openreach ?
Last week Ofcom finally released its long awaited Strategic Review of Digital Communications. It was this document that could have formed the basis for structural separation. It did not. As I argued a...
View ArticleIs Google Fiber (Finally) Changing the Broadband Game ?
Past my initial enthusiasm all these years ago, I’ve always been a bit of a Google Fiber skeptic. The long-term impact of Google Fiber on the US Broadband market is often (in my opinion) over-rated, as...
View ArticleWhat’s in the smart city for the technophobic?
Digital technologies are a major vector for the transformation of our lives: they change the way we access information, the way we communicate with one another, the way we consume -be it virtual...
View ArticleTime to think about switching that copper off?
Earlier this week, a short article on Total Telecom was widely distributed in broadband circles. Entitled Portugal Telecom Selling Off Its Copper it outlines how, now that Portugal Telecom has reached...
View ArticleThe Impact of Market Structure on Broadband Profitability
In the last few years, Diffraction Analysis has been vocal about the virtues of structural separation. It’s not because we’re getting paid to push that view (we’re not, sadly for us) or because we...
View ArticleElectricity and Fiber: A Match Made in Heaven?
The recent announcement by national electrical company ENEL that it intends to deploy Fiber to the Home to most Italian homes has created a lot of noise and tension in the Italian market, and...
View ArticleCalling Fibre by its Name
From a technology standpoint, the various flavours of next generation networks connecting the home have pretty clear distinctions: FTTH, FTTB, FTTC, etc. may sound barbaric to the layman but they have...
View ArticleAltice cautiously tests IoT waters
In a previous article, I wrote about what the upcoming standard NB-IoT could change in the landscape of Internet of Things networks, especially Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) ones. While most mobile...
View ArticleHow Can Telcos Create Value for End-Users ?
I have written in the past about my fundamental dislike of Uber. In a nutshell, I don’t think Uber is particularly innovative, and I don’t think it would work if the industry they are attacking hadn’t...
View ArticleTrust and the Internet of Things
Alphabet’s subsidiary Nest has gotten a fair bit of bad press lately after it announced that the Revolv hub would cease functioning as of May 15th, 2016. Developed by the start-up Revolv – acquired by...
View ArticleThe Verdict is In: FTTH Wins
A few weeks ago I published a piece entitled Calling Fiber by its Name. Based on a decision by French authorities, operators offering coaxial (FTTLA) or copper (VDSL) fiber based products can still use...
View ArticleAndroid is not Windows
The European Commission declared today that it had sent a Statement of Objections to Google and its parent company Alphabet regarding the Android OS, accusing the Mountain View firm of abusing its...
View ArticleRelease: database of fiber projects
There are many resources available on the global numbers for FTTx around the world, be they subscriber numbers or ports shipped. However, all of these numbers tend to look at things by country as the...
View ArticleSmart village goes for LoRa
With the numerous announcements from major mobile operators regarding the deployment of IoT networks, especially Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) ones, one may wonder if there is room for smaller players....
View ArticlePublic investment in backbone drives prices down
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View ArticlePublic Investment in Access Drives Fixed Broadband Subscriptions
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