Institutions lending money to fibre network builders are focusing their investments on homes ‘activated’ in an attempt to maximise returns, according to the FTTH Council Europe’s latest overview of fibre financing transactions. After reaching an all time high in 2022, the challenging market environment has led to FTTX financing markets experiencing less but stable activity over the past six months.

“Companies involved in rolling out fibre networks across Europe remain strongly supported by the finance sector which continues to see the importance of FTTH and FTTX technologies,” said FTTH Council President Roshene McCool. “Of course, increasing take-up is vital to generating revenue which is why the FTTH Conference 2025 has dedicated a session to exploring how the sector can better monetise their activities.”

The March 2025 update of the Overview of fibre financing transactions in selected European Countries report – produced for the FTTH Council Europe by Macquarie – is one of several important reports released by the Council ahead of this week’s FTTH Conference. Also released ahead of the conference was a white paper from the FTTH Council Europe’s Open Access Working Group which set out five guiding principles of a truly open access wholesale environment. The principles aim to define a ‘gold standard’ for open access as well as helping to foster a healthy and competitive market environment, independent of specific regional models or organisations.

“Over the past decade, billions of Euros of private investment has been channeled into building out fibre networks throughout Europe,” said FTTH Council Director General Vincent Garnier. “To ensure these massive investments deliver for the end customer a fair and open competitive market is vital. We encourage stakeholders to consider the principles of Open Access as one potential approach to realising the benefits of a full-fibre approach.”

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