2010-04-08 / INFORMA.- Infrastructure provider Citynet has deployed fiber in the sewer systems of 10 of Spain’s largest cities and plans to use some of the fiber it has deployed to become an open-access network operator. In February the government of Catalonia announced plans to develop a regionwide fiber network, and it intends to make wholesale services available on an open-access basis. The regulator, the CMT, has put regulation in place on infrastructure sharing and duct access for FTTH/B networks. Early last year it ruled that the incumbent must offer third parties wholesale access to services with speeds up to 30Mbps, regardless of the underlying technology. The regulation provoked criticism from the European Commission, which said the CMT was protecting the incumbent’s interests by not forcing it to open up its networks at speeds over 30Mbps.

2010-03-12 / On my way to Lisbon and while I waited in Madrid for my transit flight I met with Fransisco Joya, the Strategy Planning Director of Citynet. Fransisco is a cool guy and very much involved in Citynet’s international expansion. He was kind enough to meet with me for a coffee at Plaza de Mayor (the famous cafeteria at the departures hall of Madrid’s airport!). We talked about a bunch of stuff including his views on public involvement in broadband and the challenges of FTTH deployment. Here’s what he had to say about it.

2009-11-09 / CITYNET sponsored the 2nd International Dark Fibre convention 2009, the congress took place in London on the 5th-6th of November.