High inflation may force operators to accelerate copper decommissioning programmes

Economic uncertainty, high inflation and other threats related to the war in Ukraine will have prolonged effects on total telecoms revenue and capex in Central and Eastern Europe (subscription required). Julia Martusewicz-Kulinska (Principal Analyst) and Tom Rebbeck (Partner) discuss how operators can try to reduce the impact of the economic burdens, primarily related to inflation, by (among other things) accelerating the migration of DSL users to FTTP connections. The associated article can be view here.  During the podcast, we also feature a report on cable network strategies in an age of fibre (subscription required).