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

 

 

EU Fibre Market Observatory 2026

May 19, 2026
Reports & Studies | Market Intelligence Committee |

The FTTH Council Europe launches the new EU Fibre Market Observatory — a one-stop, quick-read dashboard of Europe’s full-fibre progress and outlook.

FTTH Council Europe has released the new EU Fibre Market Observatory, a compact report designed to bring together—in a single, fast-to-read view—the most relevant metrics and insights previously published across the Council’s market intelligence outputs. The goal is simple: make it easier for stakeholders to track, at a glance, the pace of FTTH/B rollout, adoption, and the forward-looking trajectory of Europe’s fibre transition, without losing the analytical depth that underpins FTTH Council Europe’s reference publications.

The European FTTH/B market has entered a new stage of development, characterised by high levels of infrastructure deployment and a growing focus on network utilisation. As of September 2025, full-fibre networks pass 295 million homes across EU39 (+23 million vs September 2024), corresponding to a 79% coverage rate. This is the result of more than a decade of sustained investment. At the same time, Europe is moving into a late-stage rollout phase: while deployment continues, the pace of coverage expansion is gradually slowing, and remaining build-outs are becoming increasingly complex and costly.

Developed within the Market Intelligence Committee (MIC)—FTTH Council Europe’s strategic research arm and “official observatory” for the sector—the Observatory consolidates key indicators on deployment, coverage, subscribers, take-up, rural connectivity, historical trends, and forecasts, offering an accessible snapshot for investors, operators, policymakers, and the broader fibre ecosystem.
 

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