Here is additional information to follow up on a previous post about, ARCEPs, (the French telecom regulatory agency) decision to mandate FTTH carriers to share civil engineering infrasructure. Quote from the press release:

"It is indispensable that the terminal part of networks be shared:

• to limit disruptions in apartment buildings and houses by avoiding having different operators lay networks
• to let inhabitants put competition into play between very high speed service providers without being held captive by the first operator to have wired their building"

Also, here’s a telling interview with one of the French regulators, Gabrielle Gauthey (Member of ARCEP’s executive board).

It’s clear that government – at the central and local level – has a decisive role to play in facilitating the upgrade of the future local loop. Central and local government authorities must first reduce the entry barriers for all players by encouraging the sharing of civil work and the cabling of buildings.