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Network
Operator
Fibre
Owner
Fibre
Owner
Local Authorities
should
invest in their
Pure
Open Access
infrastructure rather than allow third parties to own
and control the direction of digital advancement of
their towns and cities.
What will happen in parallel is that other land
owners, housing associations and developers can
now act in collaboration and determine that fibre
be deployed across land, that fibre be specified
for all new build homes as part of the fit-out, that
regeneration projects or refurbishment
projects include fibre deployment.
Proactive cities are already disseminating
across all departments that whenever civil works
are planned that ‘connectivity’ is an important
consideration.
We are at the start of huge changes in the UK.
In recent years the UK has been left behind
when it comes to broadband connectivity and it
has been left to the few incumbents to resolve.
Government support and funding balanced with
increasing consumer demand now converge and
action is needed now to ensure that in a post
Brexit Britain our digital roadway is without doubt
the road to success.
The Editor of COMMUNICA Magazine would
like to thank Richard Watts and Ventura Next
for their continued support and contributions
to this publication and to John Henry Group.
Have an article or white paper you would
like to contribute to COMMUNICA Magazine?
Contact the editorial team at communica@
johnhenrygroup.co.uk.
About the
Author
Richard Jones is the author of several
white papers and is a London-based
strategic telecoms consultant
He has led cutting edges including the
business case and strategy for the world’s
first 1 Gbps everywhere fibre to the home
(FTTH) incumbent network and a mini-
NBN.
Richard is Chairman of the FTTH Council
MENA - Smart Cities Committee and the
chairman of their annual conference.
He also co-founded leading NGA telecom
consultancy Ventura Team LLP - creating
and improving telecoms operations -
including strategy/planning for several
billion dollars worth of investments and
strategy for the first 'gigabit everywhere'
incumbent operator, creation of a national
broadband network and a major joint
venture for FTTH with an notable electricity
company.
Who should own the fibre
infrastructure of our future
digital networks?
Ventura Next
White Papers
Gigabit speed ‘fibre to the home’ (ftth) is the infrastructure
on which the digital economy of the future will be built.
A case for local authority, real estate and land owner investment.
Information featured
in this article can be
downloaded online in
Richard’s white paper at:
www.vx.se/resources
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