Flat Rate Internet Access -FRIACO- to Create Demand for Broadband in Western Europe, Says Analysys.Business Editors CAMBRIDGE, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2001 Flat-rate Internet access See how to access the Internet. call origination Call Origination, also known as voice origination, refers to the collecting of the calls initiated by a calling party on a telephone exchange of PSTN, and handing off the calls to a VoIP endpoint or to another exchange or telephone company for completion to a called party. (FRIACO FRIACO Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination (UK) ), regarded as the best interconnect model to ensure a viable business model for dial-up Internet services, will create the build-up of demand for broadband in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new report, FRIACO: how capacity-based interconnection strengthens the Internet market, published this week by Analysys, the global adviser on telecoms and new media (www.analysys.com). The UK is still the only market in Europe where FRIACO-based services are widely available. Continued lobbying by leading Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and online operators (OLOs) has meant that FRIACO has been firmly placed on the regulators' agendas in ten other Western European countries. But different speeds of regulatory progress across the continent could create different dynamics, in not only the dial-up access hot Dial-up access is a form of Internet access via telephone line. The client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service provider's (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. market, but also the broadband access market and the networked economy as a whole. "FRIACO is not merely a stopgap between pay-as-you-go (metered Internet access) and broadband, but more an important and effective migration path to mass-market broadband. It is the only viable way for ISPs and OLOs to offer unmetered access," says the report's author, Rupert Wood. "We believe that FRIACO will have a significant market for at least five years, and that it will not delay, but rather promote, the spread of broadband, by effectively building up and preparing a user base ready to take broadband services." The overall number of active Internet access accounts in Western Europe is set to grow rapidly from 64 million towards the end of 2001 to more than 110 million by 2005, according to the new report. Chart available to journalists on request. The report concludes that FRIACO is good news for ISPs as it provides larger and more manageable revenue streams by turning active end-users into customers with subscriptions. Ironically, the key long-term beneficiaries, though they have long resisted unmetered access, will be the incumbent operators, because FRIACO-based services represent the most effective migratory path towards broadband access, an area which they dominate, both as quasi-monopolists in Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary ) infrastructure and as dominant DSL-based ISPs. Written by Rupert Wood, the report provides an insight into the development of flat-rate interconnection in Western Europe. With the aid of data-rich forecasts, it indicates the likely effects of FRIACO models on Internet usage, and provides a series of recommendations for ISPs, OLOs and incumbent operators. The report is priced at: US$975, which includes single-user electronic access; or US$1350, which includes single-user electronic access + one paper copy + one hour Analyst Support. Contact Analysys Research on +44 (0)1223 341300 or email research@analysys.com. Media contacts: (for interviews, report summaries and author photography): |
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