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Michael Geist - OECD Broadband Rankings: Canada Ranks 28th out of 33 Countries Based on Bell, Rogers & Shaw Data
The OECD published its latest comparative broadband Internet data last week, confirming yet again that Canadian consumers pay more for less when it comes to Internet access. While some will undoubtedly claim that the OECD methodology is faulty, it should be noted that the data is provided to OECD member governments before publication. For this survey, the OECD focused on three of Canada's largest ISPs - Bell, Shaw, and Rogers - covering 18 of their offerings at a range of speeds and pricing points. The focus should be on the numbers, which tell a discouraging tale.
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Lithuania enjoys the highest penetration of fibre access in Europe, thanks in a large measure to the bold initiatives of national telco TEO. The latest FTTH Council Europe Ranking of countries leading the way in deployment of fibre access shows that Lithuania retains the top European spot, ahead of other pace setters like Sweden, Norway, Slovenia and Slovakia. One of the leading forces in high speed broadband deployment in the Baltic country is incumbent telco TEO.
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The Ukrainian DTH platform MYtv will be re-launched in April as part of a large international media company. Quoted by Parabola and sat-digest.com, the platform’s CEO Albert Feldman said that it was forced to suspend broadcasting last December due to technical issues and will go back on air between April 1-12.
New start for Ukrainian DTH platform | Broadband TV News
Huawei, Kyivstar Form Ultra Broadband Network - Equipment\cn-c114 ‘ͺ C114 - China Communication Network
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a leading telecom equipment provider in China, is to cooperate with Kyivstar, the largest mobile telecom operator in Ukraine, to form an ultra broadband for the future. The Chinese telecom equipment provider recently announced that it had won a bid for the FTTB project under Kyivstar with Ethernet switches, which is said to be helpful for the operator to establish an ultra broadband network for the future to provide more excellent broadband products and services for users in Ukraine. Kyivstar FTTB access-to-network project covers whole Ukraine. The Chinese company provides solutions as well as green and energy-saving Ethernet switches that are easy to lay out and maintain to fully meet the future construction demands of Ukraine FTTB network.Kyivstar to introduce its FTTB network. | Goliath Business News
Ukraine's biggest mobile service provider, Kyivstar, is planning to introduce its fixed-broadband services using fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) technology for its residential customers. Local daily Delo reports that the company is set to foray into the fixed-line broadband space over the next two weeks.
Kyivstar Concludes Agreement With Huawei On Supplies For Construction Of FTTB Network
The Kyivstar telecommunication operator in January 2011 concluded an agreement the Huawei Company (China) on supplies of equipment for building a data network under the FTTB technology (Fiber to the Building). As Ukrainian News earlier reported, Ihor Litovchenko, president of Kyivstar, said in November 2010 that the development of the FTTB technology will be a priority for the company in 2011.
17 Feb 2011 Ukraine’s leading mobile operator Kyivstar has expanded its fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) fixed broadband service to its 38th city, Rivne, the company announced in a press release. Kyivstar, which is in the process of integrating the FTTB infrastructure of sister companies Beeline Ukraine and Golden Telecom, has deployed an urban network in the Rivne area spanning 60km and passing 44,000 households in 353 multi-dwelling premises with direct fibre access enabling connection speeds of up to 100Mbps.
Kyivstar expands FTTB to 38 cities: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
Number of TEO fiber-optic internet users exceeds 100,000 in 2010 :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
The number of customers using the fiber-optic Internet access services provided by TEO LT, the largest provider of integrated telecommunication, IT and TV services in Lithuania, in 2010 increased by approximately 65% and at the end of December exceeded 100,000 persons, TEO LT reported. According to Darius Didzgalvis , the Chief Technology Officer and Deputy General Manager of TEO , the fast growth in the number of fiber-optic/FTTH Internet users is due to the possibilities provided by this technology and the rapid development of the next-generation network, writes LETA/ELTA/ERR. "The FTTH network provides opportunities not only to browse the Internet at ultra-fast speeds, but also to watch HDTV or make telephone calls simultaneously", Didzgalvis said.
In absolute numbers, Europe has reached 3.2 million FTTH/B subscribers (nearly 4.5 million including Russia). And network deployment continues to bring fibre within reach of more homes: Europe now counts 18 million FTTH/B homes passed (more than 26 million including Russia), a growth of more than 6% during the first half of 2010. The FTTH Ranking now includes 17 countries in Europe where more than 1% of households subscribe to broadband over a direct fibre connection. Lithuania is still the leader in the Ranking, just ahead of the more mature FTTH markets of Sweden and Norway.
Europe’s New Member States continue to dominate the FTTH Rankings
The data also show which countries are leading the way in terms of FTTH subscriber penetration at the end of 2010. The top five places in Europe’s FTTH Ranking were hotly contested but remained unchanged. Lithuania retained the top spot, followed by Sweden, Norway, Slovenia and Slovakia. Turkey joined the FTTH Ranking in the second half of 2010 and was one of the most dynamic markets. SuperOnline, a subsidiary of the country’s largest mobile operator Turkcell, launched FTTH services at the end of 2009, and has collected around 200,000 subscribers during the first year. The operator aims to bring 1 million homes within reach of its FTTH network by the end of 2011.
European Fibre Leaders Welcome Turkey to Their Ranks
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Romania enters the Ranking in 13th place with more than 120,000 FTTH/B subscribers. Bulgaria shows the fastest progression in the Ranking, moving from 16th to 8th position during first half of 2010. Lithuania, still in first place, showed the second fastest growth rate, boosting subscriber penetration by 3.3 percentage points. The majority of FTTH subscribers (74 percent) are concentrated in eight countries, in the following order: Sweden, France, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, The Netherlands, Denmark, and Slovakia.
Europe’s new member states dominate FTTH rankings | Business News | Lightwave Online
In the Middle East (14 countries covered), UAE are the main FTTH/B market, totalling more than 1 million Homes/Buildings Passed and nearly 63,000 subscribers. In other countries, FTTH/B deployments are very limited, and even municipalities, which initiated most of the FTTH/B projects in Europe, do not seem to get highly involved in deployments. Even with new deployments in Eastern and Southern Europe, more mature countries still dominate the global European FTTH/B market. In countries such as Sweden, rollouts are still engaged even if on a smaller scale.