Study on the determinants of investment in VHCN – a System Dynamics approach

There is an established political consensus in Europe that Very High Capacity Networks (VHCNs) are required to create the “Gigabit Society” that will drive economic and social growth and the competitive position of the European Union. VHCNs, including Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) and fibre backhaul to mobile base stations to support 5G services, will be needed to meet demand for high speed communications and access to the Internet for video and other data-rich applications.

BEREC commissioned this study to consider how new tools and approaches can best represent the complexity of VHCN investment within regulated markets and understand how the underlying structures, path dependences and actions of all stakeholders in this system will influence observed behaviours. 

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