[CAnet - news] OECD Workshop on Fibre Investment and Policy Challenges

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 [Thanks to Benoit Felten and his excellent blog FiberRevolution for this
pointer -- BSA]

http://www.fiberevolution.com/

This is going to be an exceptional event in more ways than one. First of
all, it's organised in Norway where dozens of municipal projects have
sprouted all over the country. It's also happening in Stavanger, the
hometown of landmark project Lyse Tele. And the speaker roster is to die
for, with people from Stokab, AT&T, Amsterdam Citynet, Telefonica, France
Telecom, OFCOM, ARCEP, the Japanese Ministry of Information and
Communication, and many more. Check out the full program and registration
details.


http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/32/40230152.pdf

The aim of the Workshop is to examine fibre investment across the OECD and
look for best practices across a range of investment scenarios. After 100
years, the telecommunications industry is moving away from copper to
fibre-based local loop networks. Fibre networks offer higher capacities than
other telecommunications transport technologies and capacity is easy to
expand once the fibre is in place simply by changing electronic components
at both ends. Although there is general agreement that fibre local loop
networks are important there is less agreement on the best architecture for
these networks. Fibre investment choices concerning large metropolitan areas
will be very different than those facing operators in rural and remote
areas. Therefore, the workshop will also devote attention to investment in
large, medium and small communities separately. In addition, the workshop
will examine a number of technological and topological options such as
FTTH/FTTN and Point-to-point/PON. Finally, the workshop will look at how
regulations concerning fibre are evolving in OECD countries and how to
ensure that these networks help promote effective competition.


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