Members of the FTTH Council Europe are active in every segment of the fibre to the home (FTTH) value chain. The Deployment and Operations (D&O) Committee is the place where technology experts come together to discuss, debate and educate the broader telecom ecosystem and help industry stakeholders understand how to deploy high quality full-fibre networks, addressing the large variety of challenges they face throughout Europe.

From design and planning, to optimal technology selection, roll out of operations, testing and maintenance, our key publication, the FTTH Handbook, brings together state-of-the-art information and recommendations to help every FTTH professional in the industry. Its 9th edition was unveiled on 15th September 2021 during the FTTH Virtual Conference 2021; it is already available for members of the FTTH Council Europe on a complementary basis and can be purchased by the general public here.

5G is fibre’s best friend! The D&O Committee has undertaken two valuable pieces of research to evaluate the potential benefits that are brought about through converged planning of FTTH and 5G backhaul networks.  We presented the results of these studies in a recent webinar, you can access the replay here.

More recently, the Committee has produced a white paper which details the reasons underpinning our position in favour of full-fibre compared to alternative broadband technologies. 

 

 

[WHITE PAPER] Guide to successful fibre business models involving and rewarding private financing

Jun 28, 2021
Reports & Studies | Investors Committee |

On the basis of the full Guide to Successful Fibre Business Models Involving and Rewarding Private Financing, a White Paper has been prepared, presenting key insights gained from the in-depth study of 8 business models for rolling out Fibre-to-the-Home and Fibre-to-the-Office networks. 

With regards to the Guide to Successful Fibre Business Models Involving and Rewarding Private Financing, provides a comprehensive guide on the financial de-risking strategies used to attract large amounts of private financing for large-scale fibre roll-outs. It identifies 8 European companies that have achieved large-scale fibre roll-outs, demonstrating how these companies have become "build-out machines" by clustering projects in different geographic areas and taken together represent:

  • 20m homes passed with fibre at end-2020 (>40m if minority co-financing is included)
  • 45m homes to be passed with fibre by end-2025 (>75m if incl. minority co-financing)

The guide also provides a detailed profile of these companies, their major shareholders, their reference shareholders, and their fundraising operations, including loans granted by consortia of banks, changes in ownership, and the creation of separate companies to hold fibre assets. Both the Guide and White Paper were produced by the FTTH Council Europe's Investors Committee and has been presented on 29 June 2021 through a live session webinar available for the public.

You can download this abstract version of the full guide for free, by clicking on the green download button on the left side of the page.

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