European FTTH / B market Major trends

In 2010, the European FTTH fiber to the home FTTH subscribers home coverage and the growth rate picked up. As of the end of December 2010, the EU 36 countries (including Russia) has nearly 8.1 million FTTH / B subscribers, FTTH / B family / number of buildings covering nearly 33 million. If you do not, including Russia, FTTH / B subscribers to 3.9 million, FTTH / B family / number of buildings covering 22.3 million.

"In the Eastern European countries, particularly under the impetus of the Russian market, the European FTTH / B market is steady growth," IDATE Telecom Business Unit Roland Montagne said. "European incumbent operator (European incumbents) are more and more involved in FTTH construction, almost all have launched or plan to deploy large-scale FTTH network."

The end of 2010 the European FTTH / B market, the main trends
* City and public utilities (municipalities & utilities) FTTH / B family coverage dropped significantly.
* Second half of 2010, France, Sweden and Norway FTTH / B family coverage increased slightly, growth rates were: 2%, 4% and 5%.
* The fastest-growing Eastern European market, especially in Latvia, second half of 2010 growth rate of 61%, while Lithuania and Estonia, respectively, the growth rate of 33% and 26%.
* New EU markets, such as Turkey and Ukraine increased coverage is obvious.
* As of the end of 2010, the main building is still to deploy FTTB, most of those who choose to deploy Ethernet networks.
* Most European incumbent operators have launched or are deploying FTTH networks.
* Countries to launch their broadband plan, such as France Telecom.
* In addition to Russia, the majority of FTTH / B subscribers (67%) are concentrated in eight Western and Northern European countries are: Sweden, Italy, France, Lithuania, Norway, Netherlands, Slovakia and Turkey.

However, in Europe, residential and commercial users do not believe that the benefits of fiber to the home, as of the end of 2010, penetration (FTTH / B ratio of users to share family coverage) is still very low, only 17.5%. Penetration rate of 39% in Japan, the United States also reached 34%.