NewsDesk Global Edition: "iPad is not Mobile!"; Android on a roll; and ZTE vs. the FCC.

Including:

Americas Report: The People vs. The Telcos

Asia Report: APAC Operators Reveal Investment Priorities for 2011

Europe Report: Broadband World Forum 2010

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Martyn Warwick talks to the Fibre To The Home Council’s European President, North Americas President, AsiaPac Secretary and European Director General about the relationship between the 3 councils and the figures behind their newly released global rankings.

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Some incumbent operators appear to be sticking their heads in the sand when it comes to Fibre to the Home, taking a ‘wait and see’ attitude rather than embracing it with open arms. But as is often the case with new opportunities, the right approach at the beginning is vital if operators are to be successful. TelecomTV’s Martyn Warwick talks to Senior Yankee Analyst Benoit Felten about the emergence of new fibre business models and the split in the attitudes of the world’s incumbents.

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The theme of the Fibre to the Home Council Europe's conference this year was 'Crossing the Chasm to Mass Market Fibre'. As the title suggests, there is still a long way to go before FTTH sees competitively high penetration, but President Joeri van Bogaert believes that if the industry grows as quickly as interest in the organisation's event has, fibre will soon be mass market not just in Europe, but across the globe.

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Rich Media is putting enormous strain on networks. Is Fibre to the Home the only solution? One person who believes this to be the case is Bret Swanson of the Progress & Freedom Foundation. He puts the evidence behind this belief to TelecomTV’s Martyn Warwick and explains the meaning of his intriguing keynote topic “Estimating the Exaflood”.

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The Point to Point versus Passive Optical Networks debate is a hot one in the world of Fibre to the Home development as it is today. Martyn Warwick challenges Alcatel-Lucent’s Fixed Access Division CTO to PONtificate over the PONs of tomorrow.

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