Telecoms: The missed opportunity for fiber optics

There is no shadow of a doubt... the General Orientation Note (NOG 2023) will ultimately not achieve the goals as set by the public authorities (Government, line ministry, and ANRT, the telecom regulator). The main share of these goals resides, it should be recalled, in the rollout of fiber optics, in particular the number of FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home) sockets at a rate of 20% in 2023. almost 2 million sockets to be implemented next year, but, as of today, the current market for FTTH sockets barely represents some 450,000 sockets, i.e. one quarter of the goal as set by the General Orientation Note for the end of 2023...