Ultrabroadband Investment Models

Communications & Strategies, Special Issue, November 2008

17 Pages Posted: 8 Apr 2009

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Raul L. Katz

The Columbia Institute for Tele-Information (CITI)

Date Written: April 7, 2009

Abstract

This paper explores why investment models might help explain different fiber deployment patterns, thereby conditioning the path to telecommunications-based ultrabroadband. The delivery of ultrabroadband to the residential market requires additional infrastructure investments beyond Fiber to the Home (FTTH). However, since FTTH is the path to delivering telecommunications-based ultrabroadband, fiber deployment could indicate which geographies would benefit from the new service in the long run.

Keywords: fiber optics, investment, market structure, revenues, subsidies

JEL Classification: L63, L96, D40, E22, H20

Suggested Citation

Katz, Raul L., Ultrabroadband Investment Models (April 7, 2009). Communications & Strategies, Special Issue, November 2008, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1374386

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