Fiber to the home –Situation und Entwicklung in Europa

Hartwig Tauber, Director General, FTTH Council Europe

openaxs KonferenzAugust 2011

FTTH Council Europe

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FTTH Council Europe

Our Vision: A sustainable future enabled by Fibre to the Home

Our Mission• To accelerate FTTH adoption through information and

promotion in order to enhance the quality of life, contribute to a better environment and increased competitiveness

Organisation• Founded in 2004, non-profit industry organisation• More than 150 member companies• Industry only – no operators

FTTH Conference 201214-16 February 2012, Munich, Germany

www.ftthconference.eu

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FTTH Global panorama end-2010 – Total subscribers

3.9 M 45 M8.8 M

… and FTTH continues to grow

4.2 M

0.3 M

Digital Agenda of European Commission

• By 2020…

• At least 50% of the households in European Union will usebroadband connections of 100 Mbit/s or more

• All households in European Union have broadband connections of at least 30 Mbit/s available

• Published in Q2/2010

• High priority in some European countries

FTTH Global Ranking – end 2010

FTTH European Ranking – end 2010

• EU is not one single telecommunication market (like US)• Each member state has its specific broadband market with different

players involved. Examples:• Countries with strong utility involvement: e.g Sweden, Denmark,

Finland• Countries with strong competition on last mile: e.g. The Netherlands,

France• Countries with strong government involvement: e.g. Portugal,

Slovenia• Countries with strong incumbent and competition mainly on

unbundling basis: e.g. Germany, UK• Countries with main focus on mobile market: e.g. Austria

• There are no real „pan-European“ players. One operators often acts very different in different countries, e.g. Deutsche Telekom or France Telecom

Analysis of European Broadband Market

• High number of former Easter European countries in European ranking:• Baltic states• Slovenia• Slovakia• Bulgaria• Rumania• Czech Republic

• Three main reasons:

• Need for building or rebuilding communication infrastructure (e.g. Lithuania)

• Strong involvement of Western European Operators (e.g. Slovakia)

• Dynamic market with many new players (e.g. Bulgaria)

FTTH in Eastern Europe

European Region FTTH Forecast

Source: Heavy Reading for FTTH Council Europe, February 2011Note: Households connected directly to fibre (FTTH) and apartments connected via basement fibre termination (FTTB)

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Europe in Context: the Race to Fibre Maturity

Source: Heavy Reading for FTTH Council Europe, February 2011

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

After 2020

Japan

Korea

China

Taiwan

Australia

India

USA

Canada

Brazil

Russia

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SpainSweden

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Portugal

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Denmark

EUROPEAN UNION

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Note: chart shows the year in which each territoryis expected on current trends and plans toachieve “fiber maturity”, defined here as 20%household penetration of FTTH or FTTB

Why FTTH?

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• Would you ask: “Will we ever need an oven that heats up to 250 Degree Celsius?”

• Would you ask: „Will we ever need 18 litres/minute in the shower?“

• Would you ask: „Will we ever need 230 Voltsin the power socket?“

• But you ask: „Will we ever need 100 Mbit/s?“

Asking the wrong questions

Would you like to download an HD movie in less than 30 minutes and therefore start watching it immediately?

Would you like to do an online-backup of your 60 Gbyte harddrive in less than 90 minutes?

Would you like to do an HD video-chat with your friends while downloading files in the background?

Would you like to watch a HD video on demand while you record another HD video at the same time?

Would you like to play your online-games at the speed of light?

Would you like to work from home and access the company file server as fast as if you sit in your office?

Let’s ask differently

Would you like to download an HD movie in less than 30 minutes and therefore start watching it immediately?

Would you like to do an online-backup of your 60 Gbyte harddrive in less than 90 minutes?

Would you like to do an HD video-chat with your friends while downloading files in the background?

Would you like to watch a HD video on demand while you record another HD video at the same time?

Would you like to play your online-games at the speed of light?

Would you like to work from home and access the company file server as fast as if you sit in your office?

Let’s ask differently

Consumer applications

FTTHUpload of HD Videos

(YouTube)

Online Editingof Videos and

Photos

Real Teleworkingworking from

home like in the office

3D TV3D in Full HD:

60 Mbit

Enhanced Video-Communications

(e.g. care for elderly people)

Online Gaming• no delays• interactive environments• virtual communities

Business applications

FTTHCloud

Computing: all applications

online

Telepresence: High quality

video comms

Intelligent Power Grid

Virtual companies:

on demand enterprises

Efficient Healthcare

Next Generation

Online Entertainment

“Knowledge Economy“

South Korea: “we are a 1 Gbit

country“ UK: “we are a 2 Mbit country!“

The Impact of FTTH

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Example of Hudkisvall

• Hudkisvall: – Population: 15.000– Location: 300 km North of Stockholm– FTTH-Network decision: 2004

• Impact:– Population decline stopped, partial increase– Increase of number of businesses: 6-14% per year– Two high-growth businesses founded premises in Hudkisvall– Old@home Ehealth-project started– National research instituted stared subsidiary

Example of ARGE Glasfaser Waldviertel• Three municipalities (Bad Großpertholz, St. Martin, Großschönau)

in rural Austrian area• Start of deploying new sewers network in 2006• Mayors decision: deployment of FTTH in parallel

– With support of local population– Against incumbent and regional politics (Bundesland)

• Impact:– 100 Mbit/s parallel network available including

triple play– Young families start to move back into

municipalities– “Connected tourists”– “Sonnenplatz” – competence centre on passive

houses founded in Großschönau– Special connected homes for elderly people will

open 2012

Conclusion

Conclusion

• FTTH is the infrastructure of the 21st century

• FTTH stands for– Quality of life– Economic leadership– Socioeconomic benefits

• …and the basis for a competitive Europe

Thank you for your attention!

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