2014, the year of Emerging Market Connectivity, Open Access and Smart Cities
It is traditional for analysts to end a given year with an assessment of the major trends in that year and predict what the next year will be like. This year we thought we’d do a bit of that ourselves...
View ArticleExciting Stuff at the FTTH Council Europe Conference in Stockholm
Like every year, Diffraction Analysis is an analyst partner of the FTTH Council Europe annual conference which this year takes place in Stockholm on February 19-20th with pre-conference workshops on...
View ArticleConsumer Study Teaser Summary
During the days preceeding the Sotckholm FTTH Council Annual Conference, we published a good number of tweets teasing some of the results of the first FTTH Consumer Survey. This study was undertaken in...
View ArticleWhite Paper: Connectivity Models for Developing Economies
There are recurring misconceptions about broadband in emerging markets. These are considered “truths” and repeated in newspaper articles and at telecom events. For example: “There’s no space for...
View ArticleTalking Smart Cities in Stockholm
The week before last, after the FTTH Council Conference in Stockholm, Stokab and Stocholm IT Region organized an event for their customers and stakeholders. They filmed the whole proceedings and have...
View ArticleInterview on Consumer Usage & Attitude Study
During the FTTH Council Conference in Stockholm the speakers were interviewed for a live broadcast in between sessions. While the sessions themselves are not available for public viewing (but can be...
View ArticleDiffraction Analysis at Broadband Communities
The Broadband Communities Summit is probably the most exciting broadband event in the US. It’s not one of those corporate events built by and for industry sponsors, it’s an event run by the good...
View ArticleFree Webinar on Swedish Broadband Consumer Study
The FTTH Council Europe and Diffraction Analysis are running a free webinar on April 15th at 11 AM Central European Time. Benoît Felten and Joeri van Bogart will present and discuss the results of the...
View ArticleRescheduled Webinar on Swedish Broadband Consumers
The webinar that was scheduled this week on the Swedish Broadband Consumer study ran with the FTTH Council Europe had to be postponed due to a platform failure outside of our control. We apologise for...
View ArticleReport: Can structural separation via spin-offs help Europe achieve its...
With the advent of a new European Commission under the (likely) Presidency of Jean-Claude Juncker, Digital Europe will rank even higher on the political agenda if we believe the statements on his...
View ArticleMeet us as Broadband World Forum
This week, starting Tuesday 22nd of October is BBWF in Amsterdam, one of the most important events about broadband in Europe. Diffraction Analysis will of course be there in the person of CRO Benoît...
View ArticleLet’s Discuss Structural Separation
At Diffraction Analysis, we (ie. Thomas Langer and Benoît Felten) have been busy these last few months working on a series of reports on structural separation. Our starting point is not that it should...
View ArticleMeet Us in Brussels
Diffraction Analysis CEO/CRO will be in Brussels on November 19th-20th, speaking at a number of events: On November 19th, Benoit will be one of the speakers at the Swedish Municipalities event entitled...
View ArticleMister Oettinger and the Natural Monopoly
Dear Mr Oettinger, I hope you don’t mind my writing to you in such a direct way, but we like to be informal in the technology world. I’m addressing you to commend you for the conceptual leap you nearly...
View ArticleStructural Separation Webinar Commentary
Our webinar on Nov. 18th hosted by the FTTH Council Europe was extremely successful, both in terms of attendance and in the level of engagement and quality of questions. The video has been uploaded,...
View ArticleDiffraction Analysis in Crosstalk
Crosstalk is an Australian podcast on Telecom matters, and as one might expect, the Australian NBN is a frequent topic. Diffraction Analysis’ Benoît Felten is interviewed in the latest podcast,...
View ArticleReport: FTTP Dynamics in a mature market – a quantitative analysis of Swedish...
Our latest report is out with the new year, entitled FTTP Dynamics in a mature market – a quantitative analysis of Swedish broadband user behaviour. It’s the first ever (as far as we’re aware)...
View ArticleMeet Us at the FTTH Council Europe Conference in Warsaw (Feb. 10-12th)
The FTTH Council Europe Annual conference is something of a pilgrimage for Diffraction Analysis, and this year won’t be any different. Diffraction Analysis is an analyst partner of the conference,...
View ArticleMeet Us at the FTTH Council Asia-Pacific!
Diffraction Analysis CEO will be speaking at the FTTH Council Asia-Pacific next week in Jakarta. Benoît will present the results of our multiple quantitative studies on FTTH user satisfaction and usage...
View ArticleFree Webinar on Portuguese Broadband Usage and Satisfaction
On Tuesday May 26th 11 AM CET, Diffraction Analysis will present the high-level results of a study undertaken with the FTTH Council Europe on the Portuguese Market. This is a Free Webinar which you can...
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