A third P2P incumbent in Europe
Last week I mentioned Telia Sonera's announced P2P deployment saying that it was the second incumbent in Europe after KPN to choose Ethernet Point to Point for their national roll-out. Turns out I was...
View ArticleAre Street Cabinets Such a Good Idea ?
As you will know, I have been skeptical about the potential of Fiber to the Cabinet, mostly due to what I perceive as a lack of future-proofness (yeah, I know such a word doesn't exist…) of the...
View ArticleDefinitive Views on GPON vs EP2P…
If you were one of the early followers of Fiberevolution, you know that one of the first "visible" posts explored the issue of incumbent GPON deployment.I did not know it back then (although I found...
View ArticleReflections on Cable, FTTx and future-proofing…
Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with the CTO of a European Cable Operator who shall remain nameless, at least for now. You see, I've been trying to ascertain the upgrade path of cable for the...
View ArticleGoogle holds a trenching race!
When I was in US last, I heard that Google had organised a fiber trenching contest in a parking lot in Mountain View, and I just found out today thanks to my friends at sonic.net that there was a video...
View ArticleBell Tells it Like it Is (in Chinese)
HKBN’s ad creativity is a big part of the success. This new one ads a new twist, but it’s just as funny and in your face as their previous endeavours:
View ArticleGetting to know Huawei
Last week I was in Shenzhen and Shanghai at the invitation of Huawei. Huawei, like most other large telecom vendors, organises annual meetings for analysts: the aim is to present their strategy to us...
View ArticleBBC's click on IPTV (and Free)
A fairly low-level short documentary on IPTV in France. I can't seem to embed the video, so I'll just hotlink it. A few quick comments: Analogies are evil: are we driving on a dedicated fast lane or...
View ArticleBoosting copper: necessary and dangerous
BBWF Europe next week will clearly be about copper. Virtually every vendor or PR agency that contacted me wanted to brief me on VDSL, vectoring, bonding and all that jazz. Just this morning,...
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