Project

In this study, we analyse the success factors for the FTTB/H (Fibre To The Building/ Home) rollouts in Estonia, Sweden, Spain and Switzerland. It turns out that the selected countries have developed their very own approaches in order to deploy fibre-based broadband-Internet. In detailed country case studies we have examined stakeholder-setting, competition, regulation, government plans and other factors which are suited to explain the high availability of fibre-based Internet-access in these countries. For each country we have highlighted one specific success strategy:

• Estonia: Public-Private Partnership for building a countrywide middle-mile-network bringing fibre access points closer to rural households.
• Sweden: Municipality-owned city networks roll out FTTB/H as Open Access Networks.
• Spain: Regulation enables “fibre-miracle” in cities; in rural areas, municipalities take the initiative.
• Switzerland: Multi-stakeholder approach to coordinate the countrywide roll-out of fibre networks.

The idea of the study is to enrich the German discussion on fibre-roll-out-strategies with experiences made in more successful countries.

• Beckert, Bernd (2017): Ausbaustrategien für Breitbandnetze in Europa. Was kann Deutschland vom Ausland lernen? Studie für die Bertelsmann Stiftung. Unter Mitarbeit von Wolfgang Schulz und Martin Lose. Karlsruhe; Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, Mai.  
• Beckert, Bernd (2017): Success factors for FTTH deployment in Europe: Learning from the Leaders. Contribution to the 28th European Regional International Telecommunications Society (ITS) Conference in Passau, 30 July – 2 August 2017.   

September 2016 – May 2017

• Bertelsmann Foundation
  

• Prof. Wolfgang Schulz and Martin Lose (University of Hamburg)