Broadband for Africa by Mark D. J. Williams

Author:Mark D. J. Williams [D. J. Williams, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8172-4
Publisher: THE WORLD BANK
Published: 2010-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Provision of Passive Infrastructure for Fiber Networks in Spain

Under legislation passed in 2003, the government of Spain required the design and construction of new buildings to include common passive communications infrastructure such as ducting, building risers, and access points. Building managers are required to make this infrastructure available to any operator wishing to lay fiber-optic access networks in homes.

This law directly affects the establishment of fiber-to-the-home access infrastructure and the construction of privately developed buildings. However, the same principle could be applied to the development of backbone networks in public infrastructure such as roads and railways. If developers of these networks were required to install passive telecommunications infrastructure and then provide it to backbone operators on an open-access basis, it would significantly reduce backbone network development costs.

Source: Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología 2003.

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