Broadband has true mass-market appeal and is becoming a basic necessity in today’s information society. Growth is inevitable – once people use broadband, there is no going back. It is up to operators and their partners to enable this growth and ensure there are no barriers to further broadband penetration and usage.

Providing ubiquitous access to broadband encourages equal opportunities among all citizens, no matter where they happen to live. Governments and regulators benefit from encouraging investment in a technology that enables higher speeds and broadband coverage everywhere.

To ensure that broadband achieves its full potential – delivering economic and social benefits to all – it requires timely and careful infrastructure investment, with continued commitment and support of governments and regulators.

By implementing a Full Service Broadband architecture based on deep-fiber access and mobile broadband – linked together by converged, intelligent core, metro and transport networks – operators can introduce their subscribers to the seamless, interactive digital world of tomorrow.

This infrastructure allows operators to roll out advanced mass-market multimedia services over broadband and generate the revenues necessary for future investments.