Press Conference Warsaw
FTTH market and hot issues on FTTH in Europe
Hartwig Tauber, Director General, FTTH Council Europe
FTTH Council Europe
A sustainable future
for Europe
enabled by
Fibre to the Home
FTTH Market
FTTH/B Global Panorama 2014 – total subscribers
9.5 M
10.6 M
100 M
12.4 M
1.7 M
1.5 M
Source: FTTH Global Councils, February 2014
FTTH/B Global Ranking
Household Penetration
of countries* with more than
1% household penetration
*Economies with at least 200,000 households
Source: IDATE for FTTH Council Europe,
February 2014
FTTH/B European Ranking – end 2013
Household Penetration
of countries* with more than
1% household penetration
*Economies with at least 200,000 households
Source: IDATE for FTTH Council Europe,
February 2014
FTTH in Poland 2014
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Total number of
December 2014
FTTH/B subFTTH/B data
scribers is
Nb of Subscribers
Nb of Homes
97.000
Total FTTH/B in Poland
97 000
This is 0,73%
Netia
71 000
of households
Orange Poland
6 000
Netia has nearly
Multimedia Polska
na
Architecture
doubled their
Inea
20 000
FTTH
45%
number of subscribers on their
FTTB
55%
FTTH/B network since end 2013
Inea had a good start with their
FTTB Access line
Copper
0%
network and they already have
Ethernet/CATx
100%
30% take-rate
Coax
0%
Poland has a good mixture of
FTTH and FTTB networks
Technology
PON
Ethernet
95%
5%
passed
526 000
425 000
15 000
18 000
68 000
European Region FTTH/B Forecast
Source: Heavy
Reading for FTTH
Council Europe,
February 2014
Note: Fibre to the
Home (FTTH) and
Fibre to the
Building (FTTB)
Subcribers
FTTH – Hot Topics from
an European point of view
Henry Ford:
“If I had asked
people what they
wanted, they
would have said
faster horses.”
Photo-Source: Süddeutsche.de
Technology Neutrality
What is “neutral”?
Time to reconsider “Technology
Neutrality”
•If you define targets in a way to ensure
that as many access technologies fit
into it?
•If you define targets that ensure that
Europe stays competitive and makes
future-proof choices and then just see
what access technologies fulfil those
targets?
Does the concept of
“Technology Neutrality” mean
that you are not allowed to say
what you want?
•If you want FTTH, then say it!
•If you want 5G, then say it!
Important: If public money is involved, only
future-proof solutions should be supported!
Connectivity & Inclusion
Digital Agenda
broadband targets
already define a
digital divide (30/100
Mbit/s)
Are rural areas less
important than cities?
Who decides if a
household is only eligible
for 30 Mbit/s?
Already today:
SMEs move from villages
to cities
Young people and
families move to places
with high speed internet
Challenges:
The market will not
ensure equal broadband
coverage in cities and
rural areas
There is a need for
cooperative models with
public involvement to
ensure full FTTH coverage
Defining the borders
between market areas
and cooperative areas is
challenging and will be
different in member
states
“We need to decide if we want to have a Europe of Mega-Cities of
an Europe of prosperous regions”
New Finance and Industry Models
• They need to service their owners /
share holders
• Profit, dividends and positive short
term outlook are important
• Regional development or
implementation of “broadband
plans” are not of interest
• Every roll out needs to deliver
maximal profit at minimum invest
• Looking at FTTH as long-term
infrastructure
• Considering to separate high risk
services, medium risk network
operation and low risk passive
infrastructure
• Passive FTTH infrastructure does not
always need subsidiaries – if the right
model is chosen, “only” financing
instruments are necessary
How do private
operators work?
What do we
need in rural and
semi-rural areas?
Transparency
Need to be more clear and honest
on broadband products
Consumers should know:
• What speed they really get (maximum /
average / minimum)
• Difference of down- and upload-speeds
• Quality of service parameters (e.g. latency)
Misleading use of “fibre” should be
stopped
Exclusive Results: FTTH/B users study
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FTTH/B users are significantly more
satisfied with their broadband
•
FTTH/B users spend 30% more time
online than DSL users
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FTTH/B users are more frequent users
of new or niche online services
FTTH/B users are significantly more
interested in future service concepts
• The fibre platform offers a cross-sell
opportunity to customers who are
satisfied with their broadband
solution
‘Very Interested’ in
Future Service Concepts
15%
Medical Monitoring at Home
23%
20%
21%
VoD Archive
13%
Connected Home Alarm
20%
11%
HD Video-Conversations on TV
19%
13%
Remote home Monitoring
17%
9%
Live Tuition in the Home
15%
0%
DSL
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
FTTH/B
Source: FTTH Council Europe / Diffraction Analysis / Paradox’ Opinion / OpinionWay
Conclusion
FTTH is not just faster internet –
it is THE infrastructure of the 21st century!