Janet Broadband Policy Watch

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This blog monitors and reports on broadband policy and marketplace developments in the UK, Europe and worldwide that are likely to be of interest to the Janet community.

Posts here may also reference my Broadband Policy Watch blog and you can also find me on Twitter.

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Companies news April 2017

Ofcom published proposals for improving access to Openreach’s duct and pole infrastructure for other operators, to make it easier and cheaper to provision fibre services to homes and businesses and reducing the country’s historical reliance on Openreach. See this previous post for more on this.

28 April 2017 at 5:19pm
Jon Hunt
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European developments April 2017

The Fibre to the Home (FTTH) Council Europe published the results of its study into the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU: €137 billion would be required to provide a complete overlay of the EU28 countries. This cost includes 100% homes passed and 50% connected (with 50% of the most remote 5% both passed and connected). This figure takes into account the FTTH infrastructure already deployed which currently stands at 36% with 11% of homes connected.

28 April 2017 at 3:58pm
Jon Hunt
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Spectrum, mobile & wireless update April 2017

Ofcom confirmed plans to award new mobile spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz bands in its 2017/18 Annual Plan. Ofcom will also start work on preparing an auction for the 700 MHz band, prepare to make spectrum available for 5G (focusing on options to make all or part of the 26 GHz band available for 5G in the UK) and explore spectrum sharing opportunities.

28 April 2017 at 2:51pm
Jon Hunt
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Cyber security research and analysis April 2017

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017: nearly half of all UK businesses suffered at least one cyber breach or attack in the past 12 months. This rises to two-thirds among medium and large firms. Three quarters of UK businesses say that cyber security is a high priority for their senior management, with three in ten saying it is a very high priority.

27 April 2017 at 4:43pm
Jon Hunt
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UK broadband update April 2017

Ofcom published proposals for improving access to Openreach’s duct and pole infrastructure for other operators to make it easier and cheaper to provision fibre services to homes and businesses, reducing the country’s historical reliance on Openreach.

25 April 2017 at 2:42pm
Jon Hunt
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