The Dutch FTTH market expanded to 1.94 million homes passed at the end of 2013. Of the total, 656,000 lines were actually used (homes activated), according to Telecompaper's annual FTTH report. As a result, the penetration on FTTH networks was stable compared to the end of 2012, at under 34 percent. Reggefiber was the market leader with 87 percent of homes passed in 2013, while CIF reached a market share of 10 percent at the end of 2013.
The province Gelderland, in the east of the country, gained the most new homes passed in the past year, with over 120,000 homes receiving access to FTTH. South Holland, which includes The Hague and Rotterdam, followed with about 62,000, while Limburg and North Brabant in the south of the country tied for third place, each with just over 50,000 new homes passed.
The report provides a short overview of what happened in the past year at big and small FTTH players, as well as briefly discusses a number of important issues in the (international) broadband and FTTH markets. Based on its FTTH Monitor, a database of all FTTH projects underway in the Netherlands, Telecompaper now estimates the country will count 3.45 million FTTH lines by 2018.
