Research approach towards the profitability of future FTTH business models

In order to offer future higher bandwidth applications, the choice for a fiber to the home (FTTH) network seems to be the best candidate. Still, as the full deployment of a new FTTH network involves tremendous civil works and costs, only the highly profitable areas, e.g. city centers, are currently being installed. With the installation of such FTTH networks, all involved parties stay with many questions. What will the future bring on demands from services, upgrades of equipment and maintenance of the new network? What are the next best areas to install and where will an FTTH network require additional public stimulants to succeed? What are the best business models to get a sustainable long term countrywide FTTH installation? In this paper we present the OASE approaches for more in depth analysis of the FTTH total cost of ownership (TCO) and for comparing different possible business models both qualitatively and quantitatively. We show how building a complete TCO tool with a modular approach will help to compare different installation and migration scenarios and it will also form a sound basis for evaluating business models. Here we start with an overview of all actors involved and the roles they can take in the deployment and exploitation of the network.