Country Announced Date Investment Goals and Targets Speeds Increase national broadband infrastructure speeds tenfold by 2012 1 Gbps by 2912 Korea, Rep. Government Feb 2009 US$ 890m Plans to replace DSL by FTTH 2009-2012, FTTH under trial in some cities 100 Mbps 500 Mbps Latvia Lattelecom 2009 N/A EUR 195m (US$ Accelerating build out of Luxconnect highway N/A Luxembourg 285m) Migration of network to NGN - all IP backbone planned for 2010 2005 - NGN 2008 - FTTH N/A EUR 6-7 bn Netherlands KPN NZ$ 1.5 bn state; private? Ultra-fast broadband by 2019; 75% population coverage Fibre New Zealand Government March 2009 2005 - NGN 2007 - FTTH Core IP MPLS network by 2010, using PON, DSL and WiMAX for full coverage Norway Telenor FTTH N/A Telekom. Polska (TP) Sept 2008 – NGN & FTTx EUR 400m TP is investing in passive optic networks from 2009-2011 50 Mbps Poland EUR 800 m (US$ 1,168 m) Subsidized investments optic fi bre for 1.5m users in NGN networks N/A Portugal Government Jan 2009 SG$ 1 bn (US$ 710m) NGN Broadband Network to cover 60% premises by 2010 and 95% premises by 2012 1 Gbps+ Singapore Government 2007 - 2008 Slovak Telekom 2004 N/A Digital NGN core network & overlay for 40% HHs by 2010 Fibre Slovak Rep. Spain Government 2008 N/A Installing next generation fi bre and regulating broadband Up to 30 Mbps Investing in next generation FTTx with 40% population coverage in 2009 25 Mbps Spain Telefónica May 2006 EUR 1 bn SEK 200m (US$ 28m) Multiple operators moving to IP and IMS core networks; National target of BB for all HHs by 2010 10 Mbps Sweden TeliaSonera End 2004 To be Universal service commitment for BB for virtually every community by 2012 2 Mbps by 2012. UK Government Jan 2009 announced GBP 1.5 bn (US$ 2.2 bn) BT launched 21st Century Network in 2004 and its super-fast broadband plan in Openreach in mid-2008 for 40% or 10m HHs 40-100 Mbps UK BT 2004 To foster BB service to unserved/underserved areas, schools, libraries, health providers etc. No set minimum US Government 2009 US$ 7.2 bn Sources: Qiang (2009), OECD (2009), Dr. Vaiva Lazauskaite (2009), Booz & Company (2009). Note: Currency equivalents are presented in original form, so as not to distort the sources, so USD conversions do not all use the same exchange rate. 39