Editorial
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In this issue we look at the development of FTTH across markets. Fibre was always seen as the motherload of broadband connectivity; super-fast, super reliable. Most developed markets now have impressive homes passed achievements, some have done it enthusiastically, some have had to be dragged along.
Ironically, the battle is now for take up; customers with‘ enough’ bandwidth from copper and, or, 4 and 5G, aren’ t willing to pay much premium for the‘ super’ elements of fibre. The amount of processing, and the effectiveness of compression, in the cloud are also contributors to the‘ enough already’ attitude to fibre.
In any event, the amount of furore over whether homes had ultimate access to broadband seems to come from a gentler time. Now, we have to focus on much more fundamental fibre connections, the ones under sea that connect countries and continents which have become a target, a battlefield, in the growing and brewing conflicts around globe.
Back on land, the long-running takeover tussle between Netflix and Paramount for the hand of WBD has been resolved in favour of Paramount. For now, at least. Regulatory approval is still needed, though Paramount chief David Ellison’ s family connections to the White House, mean this is a low bar.
A higher bar may be the financial logic, or lack of it. The markets already decided the near $ 80bn of debt the new company will bear is unsustainable. That’ s why the world’ s biggest ever case of nepotistic odds altering was needed when Larry Ellison guaranteed $ 40bn of that debt.
While that level of fatherly faith is touching, it doesn’ t mean the deal will work out well. Both Paramount and WBD are low in analyst estimation compared to say, Disney or Netflix. Putting two underperformers together in the belief they will turn into one big winner has been tried many times. Please write in if you can think of one that has worked out well.
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