Kees de Waard, FTTH Council Europe

1. The State of Fibre and Key Market Trends
17 October 2019
INCA Conference, Manchester, United Kingdom
Kees de Waard, FTTH Council Europe

2. European Ranking
As of September 2018
• Penetration rates of
European countries at
September 2018 (FTTH/B
Subscriptions /
Households)
Includes countries of +200k
Households in which FTTH/B
subscribers represent at least
1% of total households

3. FTTH/B Forecast
15 countries by FTTH/B Homes Passed & Subscriptions in 2025
+6%
+858%
+81%
+230%
+551%
+2%
+86%
+24%
+169%
+29%
+112%
+9%
+11%
+35%
+6%
2020 Forecasts 2025 Forecasts
% Evolution 2018
/ 2025
2025 Forecasts
EU28 : ~166m FTTH H.P.
EU39 : ~263m FTTH H.P.
2025 Forecasts

4. Gigabit Targets: The UK
• 15 million premises connected to full fibre by 2025
• Nationwide full fibre coverage by 2033
• 5G access to most of the population by 2027
“The government has just set a new target for the 100% roll-out of full fibre broadband – by 2033.
As a deadline, that is laughably unambitious. If we want to unite our country and our society, we
should commit now to delivering full fibre to every home in the land not in the mid 2030s – but in
five years at the outside. Let’s say goodbye to the UK’s manana approach to broadband and unleash
full fibre for all by 2025.”
- Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the UK
Subsequently, the UK government shifted the narrative from fibre to ‘gigabit broadband in every
home by 2025’

5. Policy levers
Effective measures to reduce cost and length of
fibre network deployment
Strategy for migration to fibre and copper switch-off
Addressing misleading fibre advertising practices

6. Thank you for your attention!
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Kees de Waard, President
FTTH Council Europe
president@ftthcouncil.eu