Competition Spurs Portuguese Fttx Initiatives

摘要

FTTx projects are happening faster than expected in Portugal, where a high level of competition, government broadband goals, and an effective duct-sharing policy have helped set off a wave of deployments. Portugal's communication companies could easily exceed the government's goal of 1 million FTTx subscribers by 2010. Sonaecom, a leading alternative carrier, began deploying FTTH networks early this year and says it will pass more than 1 million homes over the next three years. The aggressive rollout follows Sonaecom's attempt last year to acquire the country's incumbent Portugal Telecom (PT).