August 7, 2007 – Slovenian operator Telekom Slovenije has revealed that it plans to invest up to €450mn (US$619.295mn) between now and 2015 on a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, in order to boost high-speed access capabilities and encourage uptake of advanced services such as IPTV.
The operator reportedly aims to offer high-speed access capabilities to 70% of households in the country, which has a population of 2mn. Telekom Slovenije, which has called the project F2, intends to invest €50mn this year to deliver fibre to 50,000 homes in Slovenia’s main cities.
The operator aims to have 100,000 homes connected with point-to-point active Ethernet by the end of 2008, and 300,000 by the end of 2010. By 2015, Telekom Slovenije intends to rollout fibre to around 434,000 homes, comprising 70% of Slovenia’s households, which should help encourage adoption of bandwidth-intensive services such as IPTV, video on demand and interactive gaming. The operator launched its IPTV service, SiOL, earlier this year.
Telekom Slovenije reportedly intends to spend €300mn on the F2 project by 2010, and €400mn to €450mn by 2015. The European Investment Bank has already granted a €100mn loan to the operator for its broadband plans.
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