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 2025

Mar 19, 2025

Reports & Studies | Market Intelligence Committee | FTTH Conference 2025

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On the occasion of the FTTH Conference 2025, the Market Intelligence Committee of the FTTH Council Europe release the 2025 edition of the FTTH/B Market Panorama, presenting the latest insights in terms of FTTH/B coverage and adoption in Europe as of September 2024.

The total number of homes passed with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) in the EU39¹ reached 269 million homes in September 2024, compared to nearly 244 million in September 2023.

The main movers in terms of homes passed in absolute numbers are the United Kingdom (+4,2 M), Germany (+3,8 M), and Italy (+3,1 M).

The top 5 of the annual growth rates in terms of homes passed is headed by Serbia (+26,5%), Greece (+26%), Finland (+26%), Germany (+25%), United Kingdom (+25%). FTTH/B coverage rate in EU39 now amounts to 74,6% (up by 5 percentage points vs 2023) and coverage rate in the EU27+UK now reaching 69% (vs 64,5% from 2023). These data re-confirm the continuous upward trend observed for several years in a row now.

The number of FTTH and FTTB subscribers in the EU39 region reached 143 million. The 5 fastest growing markets in terms of new subscribers were France (+3,1 M), United Kingdom (+2,5 M), Italy (+1,2 M), Turkey (+1,5M), and Spain (+1,1 M). All of the top 5 states have seen subscriber growth exceeding 1 million.

By September 2024, the EU39 FTTH/B take-up rate² raised to 53% (up by 3,4 percentage point from the previous year). In the EU27+UK area the take-up raised to 54,5% (up by 1,8 percentage points compared to 2023). A clear indication that, despite the progress being made, there is still a huge gap between fibre coverage and adoption.

The report observes that more needs to be done in terms of subscriptions to reach the 2030 Digital Decade objectives of the European Commission, as only 1 in 4 countries exceeds the 50% penetration rate.

The Copper Switch-Off is a key driver to support the expansion of FTTH network and to accelerate the subscription growth.

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