1. Asia
Interest from local players, but private operators predominate
1.1. South Korea
• U projects- cities
- Kwangju’s City of Light project
- City of Busan thriving with U-city services
- New Songo City – NSC – and its U-New Town project
- Seoul, the Digital Media City (DMC)
• Inventory of local authority involvement in South Korea
1.2. Japan
• Government involvement in Ultra Broadband
• Local authorities’ positioning
• Inventory of local authority involvement
2. The United States
Local authorities and ILECs
2.1. The broadband and ultra-fast broadband market
• FTTx’s share of the American broadband market
• FTTx operators’ share of the American broadband market
2.2. Regulation
2.3. Market specifics and forecasts up to 2013
• FTTH/B and VDSL subscriber growth
2.4. Local authorities’ FTTx projects
• FTTH networks deployed by municipalities in North America
• UTOPIA
• Grant County Public Utilities District, Washington
• City of Bristol, Virginia
• City of Powell, Wyoming
3. Europe
Local authorities’ Ultra Broadband initiatives
3.1. Sweden
Banking on open and neutral networks
• Stockholm, FTTH city
• Västeras
3.2. The Netherlands
Local authorities’ urban FTTH projects
• Amsterdam
• Appingedam
3.3. France
Local authorities, major contributors to the spread of broadband
• Regulatory framework
• Over 100 broadband rollouts instigated by local authorities
• First FTTx rollouts instigated by local authorities
- Hauts de Seine Departmental Council
- Manche Numérique (Digital English Channel)
- City of Montpellier
- DEBITEX
• Operator services supplied by public FTTH project managers
3.4. Role played by utility companies
4. Conclusion & Outlook
4.1. Main forms of local authority involvement
• Local authority as manger of the public domain
• Positioning in regional development
• Local authority as a major player in Ultra Broadband rollouts
• Varying degrees of involvement in theory and in practice
4.2. Advantages and risks for local authorities
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