On Nov 3, the city of Amsterdam in Netherlands announced it is building its own fiber to the premise infrastructure, and will connect 40,000 homes (10% of the city) with fiber BBne.
3 Nov 2005 | More >>
On Nov 3, the city of Amsterdam in Netherlands announced it is building its own fiber to the premise infrastructure, and will connect 40,000 homes (10% of the city) with fiber BBned, a division of Telecom Italia will act as a wholesale operator of the network which is open to all service providers who can purchase capacity and offer services on the network . Note in this model is that the city is not subsidizing the construction, but is merely acting as an investor
3 Nov 2005 | More >>
Growing numbers of municipalities are beginning to think about broadband service in a very new way - classing it with basic services like water and power as a vital part of life and work in 21st century cities. Thus cities around the world are exploring the possibility of funding and building broadband infrastructure in the same way they do airports, roads, and sewers.
4 Oct 2005 | More >>
The U.S. is abuzz with talk of municipal networks, but Sweden and the Netherlands have emerged as the biggest muni breeding grounds, and both are far ahead of the rest of the world in numbers of working deployments. As municipally owned broadband networks are considered by cities around the world, many are looking to the Dutch and the Scandinavians for success stories and best practices.
28 Sep 2005 | More >>
EUROCITIES embraces high speed secure networks as an engine for jobs & growth contributing to economic, social and urban development. Based on practical experience and a coherent vision EUROCITIES Broadband Manifesto presents ten building blocks for a broadband policy to ensure the infrastructure for the knowledge society. High speed data infrastructures are vital for the widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in public services, SMEs and households. They should be considered as important to the development of the Knowledge Society as (rail)roads, canals and roads were for the Industrial era.
1 Sep 2005 | More >>
The May 2005 issue of Broadband Properties Magazine puts the spotlight on municipal networks from many different perspectives.
1 Sep 2005 | More >>