Reporting from DigiWorld 2006, Telcommunications Online has solicited quotes on the subject of FTTH regulation from French and German telecom regulators:

Unlike the German regulator, which sides with the European Commission and vehemently opposes giving Deutsche Telekom a so-called ‘regulatory holiday’ on its FTTN investment, a spokesperson from ARCEP – the French regulator – appeared to take a slightly more non-committal approach to the issue