CityNet Amsterdam has made a pre-selection of parties for the role of Network Operator for the active layer of the Amsterdam fiber optic access network Citynet. Yesterday, they announced that the following parties have qualified themselved:
- BBned
- KPN
- Siemens/Optaxx
- Versatel
- Volker Stevin
This also means the the following parties didn't qualify:
- Colt
- CS SI (Fr)
- Via Europe
The only surprise is that Siemens/Optaxx did qualify. It's nice because the founders of Optaxx are former executives of Bredband Benelux bv. Bredband was the first company that had the guts to initiate a FTTH-project in the Netherlands. Unfortunately they failed to make a sustainable business. But who knows, Optaxx could be the first real threat for KPN and the other well known existing network operators.
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