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FTTH in France: building the ecosystem
FTTH Council Conference
London
21st February 2013
Philippe Distler
Board Member
FTTH milestones
Late 2006
• Initial discussions on FTTH deployment
Summer 2008
• Access to FTs ducts is regulated
• LME bill: unique terminating fibre segment + access obligations
Late 2010 and 2011
• Decisions fixing the technical and economic rules for deploying FTTH local loop
Summer 2011
• Launch of the national broadband plan (EUR2bn) call for projects
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ARCEP’s regulation consists of two complementary tools
Access to France Telecom’s civil
engineering
(asymmetric regulation)
Access and co-
investment obligation
in the last “drop”
(symmetric regulation)
The objective is to provide an incentive to invest in fibre deployments
while safeguarding and improving competition.
duct regulation
shared
network
shared
access point
ARCEP’s regulation consists of two complementary tools
Access to France Telecom’s civil
engineering
(asymmetric regulation)
access to poles and ducts since Jun-11
market analysis decision
cost-oriented prices, economic terms set in
Nov-10 (decision No. 2010-1211) with a
significant drop in prices
creates a level playing field for access to
ducts and poles
duct regulation
shared
network
shared
access point
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ARCEP’s regulation consists of two complementary tools
Access and co-
investment obligation
in the last “drop”
(symmetric regulation)
duct regulation
shared
network
shared
access point
decisions No.2009-1106 for very-high density areas, and No. 2010-1312 elsewhere
facilitate rollouts on private property and reduce the risk of a local monopoly through
sharing the last drop
lower deployment costs through infrastructure sharing and co-investment schemes
ensure consistent coverage in less dense areas
the location of the sharing point is a compromise between infrastructure-based competition,
cost sharing and technological neutrality (PON and P2P)
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Key elements of the ecosystem
great for the supply side…but key is to trigger the demand side!
Information sharing
Technical: network maps
Strategic: public local authorities’ digital
strategic plan
Cost reduction
Reusing existing infrastructure
Cost sharing (co-investment)
Deployment coordination: public/private
Ensuring effective access
In-building wiring
Architecture of the local loop (eg. size of
the shared access point)
Ladder of investment (co-investment ex
ante, ex post, renting individual access
fibre)
Providing visibility
Public/private commitments in the national broadband
plan
Stability of the regulation
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The rollout of FttH is in progress
8170 km of ducts leased to
France Telecom by alternative
operators (Q3 2012)
2 038 000 FttH homes passed
(+51% y.o.y.), of which 328 000
by public networks
In 976 000 households, another
operator than the one who
equipped the building has a
passive access to the network
(+141% y.o.y.)
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… but the penetration rate is still limited at this stage
1,5 M subscribers to ultrafast broadband including 270 000 on FttH and 570 000 on
renovated cable (FttLA infrastructure and DOCSIS 3.0)
8,8 M homes passed for ultrafast broadband (cable + FttH), excluding homes covered twice
Penetration rate of 17% (13,4% for FttH)