1 14 th International Conference Economics of Infrastructures Department Technology, Policy and Management Section Economics of Infrastructures Bottom-up entrepreneurship in fibre to the home networks Paul Schreurs, Hendrik Rood, William Melody Wolter Lemstra and Tineke Egyedi

2 Welcome to the Workshop: Bottom-up entrepreneurship…. … in fibre to the home networks Introduction, background to the research project Short presentations (2x25 min): De Vrije Vezel: Paul Scheurs, De Vrije Vezel Entrepreneurial entry in Bulgaria: Hendrik Rood, Stratix Consulting Discussant (10 min): Prof William Melody, Aalborg University Open discussion (30 mins): All participants

3 Research-annex-book project: The Dynamics of Broadband Markets in Europe (1) 2008: Eli Noam Discussion Paper: “Do we need Policy 3.0 for Telecom 3.0” Jan 2009: Workshop Ministry of Economic Affairs: Paul de Bijl, CPB Sep 2009: Paper TPRC 2009 Dec 2009: Initiative Broadband Book project May 2010: First Author’s Workshop Yesterday: Second Author’s Workshop Today B1: A first comparison of country cases: NL and FL Today B4: Exploring FttH bottom-up initiatives: NL and Bulgaria

4 Research-annex-book project: The Dynamics of Broadband Markets (2) Country cases: UK: Richard Cadman Belgium: Marlies van der Wee, Sofie Verbrugge Spain: Claudio Feijoo, Rafael Coomonte, Jose-Luis Gómez-Barroso Netherlands: Wolter Lemstra Denmark: Anders Henten Finland: Heikki Hämmäinen Germany: Bent Nowack France: Audrey Lorridan-Baudrier Portugal: Sandro Mendonça Poland: Piotr Ladny, Henryk Babis, Iwona Maria Windekilde Lithuania: Vitas Grimaila Introductory chapter(s): EU regulator policy: Richard Cawley Overview EU developments: Editors Concluding chapter(s): Patterns, dynamics: Editors

5 Research-annex-book project: The Dynamics of Broadband Markets (3) Methodology: First step: Longitudinal case studies Descriptive and exploratory; understanding Emerging patterns: Role of actors, technology, institutions Second step: Industry structure, rules-of-the-game, strategic behaviour Dynamics: innovation, competition, network upgrades/ modernization Shared goals, multiple trajectories, outcomes?

6 Inverse Infrastructures: Disrupting Networks from Below Tineke M. Egyedi & Donna C. Mehos (Editors) User-owned, user-driven, self-organizing, decentralized (Vree, 2003) Local cable networks Internet, UUCP (Usenet, ) Wireless city-wide networks Wikipedia Pedibus Wind energy groups

7 Inverse Infrastructures Institutional friction Large technical centralized infras Competing Symbiotic Integrated or nested Policy gap, e.g. Ultra Wide Band, legislation of ‘ether frequencies’? Inverse infras, private networks or public?

8 Inverse Infrastructure Book’s Aims Explore inverse infrastructures Characterize Identify across sectors Multi-disciplinary framework Institutional economics Complex Adaptive Systems Signal policy challenges

9 Inverse Infrastructures: Disrupting Networks from Below Tineke M. Egyedi & Donna C. Mehos (Editors) Contents  Jan van den Berg, Inverse Infrastructures and their Emergence at the Edge of Order & Chaos  Rolf Künneke, Mapping Institutional, Techn. & Policy Configurations of Inverse Infrastructures  Thea Weijers, Centralization & Decentralization: A History of Local Radio & Television Distribution  Frida de Jong & Karel Mulder, Citizen-driven Collection of Waste Paper ( ): A Government- sustained Inverse Infrastructure  Igor Nikolic & Chris Davis, Self Organization in Wikis  Linda Kamp, The Role of Policy in Inverse Developments: Comparing Dutch & Danish Wind Energy  Stefan Verhaegh & Ellen van Oost, Who Cares? The Maintenance of a WiFi community Infra.  Aad F. Correljé Thorsten Schuetze, Decentral Water Supply & Sanitation  Rudi Westerveld, Inverse Telecommunications: The Future for Rural Areas in Developing Countries?  Paulien Herder & Rob Stikkelman, Building a Syngas Infra.: Translating Inverse Properties into Design Recommendations  Anne Fleur van Veenstra & Marijn Janssen, Policy Implications of Top-down & Bottom-up Patterns in E-Government Infrastructure Development

10 Welcome to the Workshop: Bottom-up entrepreneurship…. … in fibre to the home networks Introduction, background to the research project Short presentations (2x25 min): De Vrije Vezel: Paul Scheurs, De Vrije Vezel Entrepreneurial entry in Bulgaria: Hendrik Rood, Stratix Consulting Discussant (10 min): Prof William Melody, Aalborg University Open discussion (30 mins): All participants

11 Imagine Imagine the Future It is Ours to Shape