Broadband access markets in Europe: Why regulation should promote competition?
22/03/2004. The take-up of broadband in the member states of the European Union varies significantly. At one extreme, Belgium has the highest penetration with 30 per cent of households having broadband, while Luxembourg and Germany have just 8.8 per cent and 12.1 per cent respectively, according to Richard Cadman and Chris Dineen of SPC Networks.

Reprogramming European cable
27/11/2002. Cable companies will have to slow down their new investments and shed their monopoly mind-set to survive in Europe's postbubble marketplace.

The emergence of broadband in Europe
01/10/2002. In Europe's complex broadband landscape, broadband providers must adjust their lines of attack country by country. Content providers are likely to do better than pure infrastructure providers, but no company can go it alone.

Jilted by broadband
20/03/2002. In its most basic form broadband is an ‘always on' connection with data transfer speed that is faster than those of dial-up modems. Despite initial interest, without a surge of high-speed internet access, the technology industry, and the economy at large will remain stalled, argues Michael Copeland and Om Malik from Red Herring. New technologies from start-ups may provide a solution to promote and develop this.

A regulatory remedy for European broadband
07/03/2002. To make it possible for companies to finance the infrastructure improvements broadband requires, lawmakers and regulators must allow local telephone and cable television services to be priced more flexibly, says McKinsey Quarterly.

What do broadband consumers want?
15/11/2001. Before companies can focus on improving their World Wide Web sites, they must systematically observe how many of their users connect through broadband and know what segments those users fall into says McKinsey Quarterly.

Broadband's Latin future
26/10/2001. Should broadband providers care about Latin America asks McKinsey Quarterly. After all, Central and South America have fewer than 300,000 subscribers; the number of phone and cable lines that can support broadband is limited; and Latin American households are less likely than those in more developed countries to be able to afford broadband service

The dynamics of European broadband
17/10/2001. How fast will broadband be adopted in European countries? The projected uptake forecasted by McKinsey - which teamed with Fletcher Advisory - is less optimistic than other publicly reported forecasts, but still paints a booming future for broadband.

PCs v TVs
03/09/2001. This article from McKinsey Quarterly describes different economics for the broadband applications available on PCs and TVs, respectively, and for the companies — such as broadband access providers, game designers, movie studios, portals, and producers of interactive content — that bring these applications to consumers.

Broadband media: look before you leap
31/08/2001. Broadband technology, infrastructure and economics are still inadequate says this article from the McKinsey Quarterly. But on a positive note, broadcasters are far more secure from attack than they were at the dawn of the world wide web

Europe's high-speed mosaic
29/05/2001. A war is being fought over Europe's broadband landscape and the next few years will produce a technology winner. When looking at the telecoms sector, it is vital to be aware of the contenders – McKinsey presents them here.