Is Google looking to bring its gigabit broadband rollout version, which has been powerful in the United States, to Europe? Thatis a huge talking point here at the yearly fiber access business assembly arranged by the FTTH Council Europe in Warsaw.

It is not clear in the event the Google staffers are really here — being registered is one thing, really turning up is another — but there is no lack of advice about broadband access technology developments to be had at North American business occasions, therefore it appears most likely that the Google team is here to collect insights into European markets as well as the opportunities to be had on this side of the Atlantic.

That is pure conjecture on my part, obviously, if I see them on the show floor here, and it is possible to be certain I Will be requesting the Google representatives about their visit. However this really is not the first time the web services giant has taken a look at European broadband alternatives. (See Eurobites: Google Fiber Eyes UK.)