“2007 Global FttH - Fibre Networks Becoming a Reality”, which is available at http://www.reportbuyer.com/
The report shows that there is a general agreement on the necessity for reining in the costs of healthcare, aged care and education, while at the same time improving their quality. E-services are absolutely essential. The same applies to energy services.
Authors of the report note that governments need to be able to provide these services to all their citizens, regardless of whether they have an Internet or telephone subscription with the telcos.
They further note that in order for organisations to be able to use the national broadband infrastructure successfully it needs to be made available on an incremental cost basis. It cannot be priced according to vertically-integrated network/service structures. The rate of return on infrastructure investments required for vertically-integrated telecoms is double that of the ROI required by utilities-based infrastructure. Governments will not be able to afford to deliver these services based on the ROI required by vertically-integrated telecoms companies.
The study shows that the solution will involve changes to telecommunications and energy legislation so that existing infrastructure can be used for these services. It highlights that it would make no sense, and it would be far too costly, to overbuild existing national telecoms networks to avoid expensive telecoms charges.
“2007 Global FttH - Fibre Networks Becoming a Reality” is available from Report Buyer. For more information go to: http://www.reportbuyer.com/
Report Buyer product ID: BUD00152
