New German telecommunications regulation §145 TKG defines in-building infrastructure deployment and sharing conditions. Its purpose is to support incentives for network operators to invest in and extend very high capacity access networks. A recent study by WIK, concludes that current in-building cabling cannot support the Government’s gigabit targets…
A Working Paper from WIK (Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste GmbH) provides an overview and technical comparison of the different in-building network installations and technologies predominantly available in Germany. This has been done in order to assess which are capable of ensuring 1 Gbps delivery (down- and upstream) to the end user. In this context, WIK has analysed the identified technologies implications on promoting open access to the building and, therefore, competition among network providers.