The objective of this committee is to help Communication Service Providers avoid churn & create revenue opportunities through the provision of enhanced user experience.

While more and more households have access to full-fibre network, it becomes crucial to avoid home connectivity becoming a bottle neck and that the new gigabit services can efficiently reach end user devices without degradation of speed or performance.

The In-Home Broadband Excellence committee addresses the following questions:

how to provide, manage and monitor ‘Quality of Experience’ for the end-user
how to monetise value-added services and reduce costs
how to leverage standards and provide pointers to industry fora

You can expect multiple initiatives from this dynamic group, such as the In-Home Broadband Excellence Guide, available for every member of the FTTH Council Europe and sold to non-members at a price of €36 inc. VAT* una tantum, intended to help Communication Service Providers understand the topic of ‘In-home Broadband Excellence’ and optimize their business strategies to reap the benefits of fibre-based connectivity delivered to end-users' premises.

The In-Home Broadband Excellence committee is also very much engaged in the organisation of workshops at the annual FTTH Conference, as well webinars and other communications.

_{*This price includes 21% VAT applicable in Belgium. If you are purchasing on behalf of a company based outside of Belgium you will not be required to pay VAT. For all UK and EC Member state registered companies please have your VAT number to include when purchasing}

European FTTH/B Market Panorama 2023

Apr 19, 2023

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The total number of homes passed with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) in the EU39 reached 219 million homes in September 2022, compared to nearly 198,4 million in September 2021.

The main movers in terms of homes passed in absolute numbers are the United Kingdom (+4,2 M), France (+3,5 M), Turkey (+2,9 M), and Italy (+2,1 M).

The top 5 of the annual growth rates in terms of homes passed is headed by Belgium (+60%), the United kingdom (+51%), Serbia (+40%), The Netherlands (+34,7%), and Greece (+34,5%). FTTH/B coverage rate in EU39 now amounts to 62,2% (up by 5 percentage points vs 2021) and coverage rate in the EU27+UK officially surpasses half of total homes – 55,1% (vs 48,5% from 2021). These data re-confirm the continuous upward trend observed for several years in a row now.

The number of FTTH and FTTB subscribers in EU39[1] region reached 108 million. The 5 fastest growing markets in terms of new subscribers were France (+3,3 M), United Kingdom (+1,5 M), Spain (+1,1 M), Turkey (+898), and Italy (+822).

By September 2022, the EU39 FTTH/B take-up[2] rate raised to 49.5% (up by 1% from the previous year). A clear indication that, despite the progress being made, there is still a huge gap between fibre coverage and adoption, as demonstrated by the even slower progress in the EU27+UK, where the take-up rate only grew up by 0,4% (reaching 52,8%).

Overall, the report observes an increasing contribution from incumbent operators to FTTH/B coverage figures, with around 56% of the total homes in the EU39 being passed by alternative ISPs and around 39% by the incumbent ISPs, and the remaining 4% being municipalities/utilities. Alternative operators’ initiatives are still dominant, but incumbents are now closing the gap.

In terms of the homes still to be covered, Germany, United Kingdom, and Italy are the countries with the most work left to be done: altogether, 62 million homes are still not connected to FTTH/B networks, accounting for 55% of the total EU27 household without a subscription.

[1] EU39 is defined as 27 European Union Member States + United Kingdom + 4 CIS countries + Andora, Iceland, Israel, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey

[2] Take-up rate is defined as the number of subscribers as a proportion of homes passed

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