New Modes of Collaboration and Partnering is Required to Realize Broadband Society

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Current telco players lack the appropriate mindset (to partner and collaborate), the innovative structures (to implement new services) and knowledge, expertise and credibility (for specific industry services e.g. telemedicine, home security) ... They really should rethink the way they operate, collaborate and innovate.

This is basically what the findings say in a report from the Yankee Group, written by Benoit Felten and Vince Vittore.


"Broadband service providers need to get past their current mindset of doing everything themselves and consider the advantages of partnering with innovative service developers and offering broadband services on a wholesale basis, according to Yankee Group senior analyst Benoit Felten."

What often is murmered in the government space, Yankee analists are saying it outloud: incumbents are regarding FTTH as a threat, while there are big opportunities, although not within the direct realm of telco network operators.

"Fiber to the home is a threat to incumbents because it risks displacing their network monopoly, but it's also an opportunity for all players to redefine the paradigm of services offered."

Isn't it that IP converged FTTH networks enable a truly ubigituous platform to collaborate, communicate and share anytime, anywhere and any media?

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"The increase in demand for bandwidth is pressuring telcos to deliver ever more broadband capacity, yet many are making dangerous technology bets that will haunt them for years. Yankee Group believes a truly next-generation fixed access network in mature markets means fiber to the home (FTTH). Our vision for ubiquitous connectivity and the collision of communications, Internet, media, mobility and machine, creating the Anywhere Network™, dictates an IP data highway into every home to support advanced applications. Our view is that for broadband to be a game-changer, fiber must be delivered as close as possible to the home to overcome the current limitations of the copper network."

Source: TelephonyOnLine; Report Yankee Group "Fiber to the World: A State of the Union Report on FTTH"

Excellent piece of work. Probably not to the liking of some gorillas ...