Insights & Research
Analysis and perspectives on European MDU connectivity, fibre adoption and proptech — from the team behind RISER Summit.
Ask who provides managed connectivity in U.S. multifamily, and you get a familiar short list. Ask the same question in Europe and the honest answer is: it depends on the country, the building type, and who owns the riser.
Europe has largely solved the fiber construction problem. It has not solved the fiber sales problem. 295 million homes passed, 86 million with fiber at the door choosing not to use it — this is the most expensive gap in European telecoms.
Europe has written gigabit connectivity into building law, but it has not secured the spectrum that carries gigabit to the devices inside. The gap bites hardest in MDUs — and the policy window to fix it is closing.
Europe has built the fibre. The apartment block is where it stalls. Across ten focus markets, MDU share and FTTH take-up barely correlate — but large-building density tells a very different story.
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