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[FT]Deutsche T in €3b network upgrade

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  • 02-09-2005 11:44am
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    viking
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    D Telekom in €3bn broadband push

    http://news.ft.com/cms/s/51fab7e6-1b0f-11da-a117-00000e2511c8.html
    Deutsche Telekom will spend €3bn ($3.7bn) over the next two years upgrading large parts of its network to deliver ultra-high speed broadband capable of delivering a range of multi-media services including high-definition television.

    The move comes as many incumbents around Europe are investing in upgrading their networks, replacing the old analogue, switched technology with the Internet Protocol technology that drives the internet.

    [...]

    The upgrade will involve stripping out large parts of the old copper wire network, which runs between the local exchange and the junction box, and replacing it with high-capacity fibre-optic cable. The new technology will provide speeds of up to 50Mb, which Deutsche Telekom claims will give Germany the fastest access in Europe.

    [...]

    Kai Uwe-Ricke, chief executive of Deutsche Telekom, hinted he did not expect the new network to be covered by the current regulatory regime and called on the telecoms regulator to allow the company to earn a “fair return on capital” on the investment.

    The dominant player is under attack on all sides in its domestic fixed-line market, where it is battling intensifying competition and increasing migration of calls to mobile services as well as regulatory intervention.


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    Sponge Bob
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    viking wrote:
    D Telekom in €3bn broadband push

    http://news.ft.com/cms/s/51fab7e6-1b0f-11da-a117-00000e2511c8.html

    In other words.

    1. It is a new network, parallel to but not part of the POTS copper network especially the latter .
    2. Please see this as new investment and a new network in effect .
    3. Therefore regulators please do not try to make us provide LLU or BITSTREAM off this , just off the old network as at present.

    It must be VDSL or FTT(you pick a letter) or a Hybrid of the two a la the UK NTL VDSL project :) . Telekom will then mysteriously show an uncanny ability to unbundle sub loops or SCHLUP as its know around here and an equally uncannily well thought out plan to so do .


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