BoR (11) 06b BEREC report NGA Country Cases - IRG

1.2.2 Announced roll-out plans
BoR (11) 06b
� Have competitors announced roll-out plans for NGA networks? For which period? When
answering this question consider the aspects addressed mentioned in 1.1.1.
The main fixed operators (including PT) have agreed with the Government in 2009 to roll
out fibre networks to pass 1.5 million homes and businesses, which corresponds to around
1/3 of total premises (including secondary premises, e.g., vacation/weekend houses) and
around 50% of principal homes passed. This roll-out is ongoing (see above) 2 .
Recently, Vodafone and Cabovisão launched their 3P offers based on fibre (FTTH). In a
statement, Vodafone announced that is FTTH offer is already available in some areas of
the districts of Lisbon and Setúbal, and is expected to meet soon, 200.000 households in
the metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto. Vodafone also informed that it intends to
expand the fibre optic network through partnerships with other operators 3 .
2 Wholesale products to reach an access point
Please note: the following questions relate to NGA wholesale access products as defined in
ERG‟s/BEREC‟s NGA Reports only. Current generation wholesale access products are dealt
with in the questionnaire of the Remedies PT monitoring ERG WLA/WBA CPs.
The following sub-items should be answered for each of the following access products. Under
each answer, provide information for the main operators providing these products, to the
extent that information is available on access products provided by non-SMP providers:
a) Available: on a voluntary/mandated basis (please provide figures (number of the
respective wholesale products) as of June 30 2010)
b) Product definition (main features, e.g. location of access point along the value chain).
2 In February 2008, Sonaecom (now Optimus) has announced a €240 million investment focusing
on the deployment of FTTH in the next three years. The objective is to reach 1 million homes
passed (roughly 25% of Portugal’s population of around 10.6 million). The operator, which plans to
spread the capital expenditure equally across the three years of investment, believes it can reach
breakeven from its FTTH operations within five years and cover the cost of its investment in nine.
ZON aimed at deploying FTTH infrastructure by 2010. It announced investment outlays of €140 -
180 million for 2008-2010 regarding DOCSIS 3.0 covering 3.1 million houses.
3 In December 2009, Optimus reached an agreement with Vodafone, regarding their mutual
cooperation in the construction, management, maintenance and operation of a NGA aiming
obtaining mutual synergies and efficiency gains. Its implementation will involve a joint venture,
owned by both companies on a 50-50 basis. It is the intention of both operators to open this NGA
to all parties which are interested in having access thereto and compete in the market (the terms
and conditions to be agreed upon).
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