As for the reasons why Telia is more apt than several of its siblings, FT, DT et al, I can only refer to competitive pressure. This is a much more complex reasoning than could be expanded upon in a short comment, but it is still a fact that not even the laggards in the PTS can neglect this anymore. They are now playing catch up, not leading the way. Myths around infrastructure competition are crumbling, a common open fiber infrastructure is unavoidable. It is just a matter of how. Telia knows this too and are playing a careful, controlled retrenching game maximising its position as far as possible under the slow policy changes they like to see and lobby for in Brussels. Most likely, Telia’s infrastructure arm, Skanova, will soon be at arms length and consolidating lots of local fiber builds.

I trust your big telco sponsored stay in Brussels was to your liking and fitted you view of the world. Most welcome to see more of the realities behind the EU, and not least Swedish, transformation of the telecom market.

It’s also quite nice for high-speed broadband that so many Swedes have chosen to live in high-rise buildings in Stockholm, thereby ensuring that the costs of optical interconnection are among the lowest in the world. Koreans have been similarly prudent.