Monthly Archives: September 2009

French fibre ultimatum

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Pauline

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has given the country’s four main telecoms operators just two weeks to come up with a solution for fibre-to-the-home. Continue reading →

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FTTH global rankings – H1 2009

Posted on September 29, 2009 by Pauline

The message from the FTTH Councils is that it’s “business as usual” despite the recession. Continue reading →

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The lowdown on Highams Park

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Pauline

Highams Park is unique in the UK because it is the first location for a trial of fibre-to-the-premises on a brownfield site. Continue reading →

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ECOC 2009: Technology, money, people

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Pauline

Here’s a copy of my leader article in the ECOC magazine: And so to Vienna for the 35th year of ECOC, which is billed — quite rightly in my view — as the leading optical networking event in Europe. Personal … Continue reading →

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When things are quiet on the blog…

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Pauline

I like cables of all kinds, especially cables that lead to the top of a mountain…

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BT replacing fibre with copper

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Pauline

File this one under “makes no sense”. While Openreach has been building trial networks for fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC), it has also been overlaying copper on fibre access networks built back in the 1990s. The legacy technology, called TPON … Continue reading →

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Digital Britain: how does the UK really compare?

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Pauline

“Digital Britain disappoints” and “Digital dithering from a dated Government”: two hardly unique headlines in the media immediately after the release of the Digital Britain report, which is supposed to be the UK’s blueprint for a digitally connected future. But … Continue reading →

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