Benefit from 20 expert workshops, 12 conference panels sessions and keynote speeches offering insights from leading policy makers, business leaders, technology experts and investors in the telecoms and digital communications sector
“More than 150 'C' level executives, technology specialists, investors and policy makers will cover a wide range of FTTH-related topics and unveil exclusive data, such as the state of the market in Europe… plus much more!”
The annual FTTH Conference is a unique event, bringing together 'C' level representatives, technical and regulatory experts from FTTH Council Europe member and non-member companies plus senior government and industry representatives, technology specialists, engineers, policy makers, regulators and investors to discuss and debate all aspects of FTTH, 5G and other fibre related and enabled technologies and services and the benefit they bring to society. There is no other conference quite like it.
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16 September 2021 09:30-09:45CET Keynote
16 September 2021 09.45-10.00CET Keynote
16 September 2021 09.45-17.15CET online Session
Access 'on demand' video presentations from our Sponsors showcasing the very latest FTTH product and service tehcnologies in the following categories:
16 September 2021 10.00-11.00CET online Session
The pandemic has placed a spotlight on the importance of fast and reliable connectivity in Europe but what are the key drivers behind the rapid growth in public and private fibre investment?
A comprehensive analysis of Europe' s largest market. We will present a synthesis of the state of FTTH in Germany and discuss market drivers and roadblocks with senior representatives from key players.
16 September 2021 11.00-11.30CET Break
16 September 2021 11.30-12.30CET online Session
The European Commission has presented its ‘Digital Compass’ outlining targets for Europe’s digital transformation by 2030 including its ambitions for rapid build out of fiber and 5G networks but what are the policies that will be necessary to realise their goals and objectives?
The UK is now moving fast to achieve ambitious FTTH rollout goals. We will present a synthesis of the state of FTTH in the UK and discuss market drivers and roadblocks with senior representatives from key industry players.
16 September 2021 12,30-13,45CET Break
16 September 2021 12.30-13.45CET Break
16 September 2021 13.00-13.15CET online Session
16 September 2021 13.30-14.00CET Keynote
As our industry embraces the fight against climate change, Hugues brings the expertise and view of the Think Tank, the shift Project. Facing the facts and the stubborn reality of physics can be abrupt, but we hope it will contribute to feeding constructive discussions within the FTTH ecosystem.
16 September 2021 14.00-15.00CET online Session
The FTTH eco-system is now embracing the fight against climate change and FTTH is the most carbon neutral broadband technology. Yet, at the same time, it is an enabler of ICT activities which generates a growing carbon footprint but can also be seen as providing solutions for a sustainable society. Let's face the facts and address this strategic issue without filter.
How does the European FTTH market compare to other regions of the world? In analysing key metrics (FTTH penetration), trends and characteristics, we will discuss the differences and commonalities and highlight what Europe should learn from other continents.
16 September 2021 15.00-15.30CET Break
16 September 2021 15.30-16.30CET online Session
As FTTH roll out progresses rapidly across Europe, the coverage of very low density areas remains a challenge from the business plan, operational, regulatory and public policy perspective. The reduction of digital divides is however essential for the cohesion of Europe's society. Panellists will discuss the best strategies to address these questions.
We will review Central and Eastern Europe markets (FTTH penetration, regulation, key players, network topologies …) and discuss specific opportunities and challenges facing FTTH stakeholders in these countries
Why is In-Home Broadband connectivity at the forefront of Communication Service Providers’ strategy? What are the challenges and opportunities they face, and why is this a crucial phase for the CSPs and their partners following FTTH roll out?
16 September 2021 16.30-16.45CET Break
16 September 2021 16.45-17.00CET Keynote
'Workshop' day at the FTTH Conference is an unmissable part of our event. A series of 20 expert workshops on a wide range of FTTH and other fibre enabled technology, regulatory and service subjects, organised by Governments of EU Member States, National Regulatory Authorities and members of the FTTH Council Europe with the support of Board Members and our Committee chairs. No need to book. Simply access whichever workshops you are interested in. Workshops will be run live but if you miss any of the workshops, they will be available 'on demand' after the conference finishes.
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15 September 2021 09.15-09.30 online Keynote
As President of the FTTH Council Europe, Eric Festraets will share his analysis of the FTTH state of play and future trends. He will position this conference within the context of the mission and actions of the FTTH Council Europe.
As President of the FTTH Council Europe , Eric Festraets will share his analysis of the FTTH state of play and future trends. He will position this conference within the context of the mission and actions of the FTTH Council Europe.
15 September 2021 09:30-11:00 online... Session
In this session we introduce the brand new Women in Fibre Committee, explain our role within the Council and identify our objectives. We shall introduce the "Case for change", discuss the "How" and through the expert eyes of our guest speakers identify the "Why" by hearing from Women in the Industry who will talk us through their experience of leadership and any barriers they have overcome to succeed.
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15 September 2021 09:30-11:00 online Session
The fibre rollout has entered a new development stage: A set of proven FTTH business models is now investable for many financial institutions - even without government funding. This has created a forceful momentum in the market. In our workshop, we discuss the risk/return characteristics of distinctive business models and their key performance and risk indicators.
Speakers
The FTTH Council Europe already established fiber as being more environmentally friendly than copper. In order to decrease the environmental impact, we also have to study the entire rollout process of implementing fiber. This involves many activities, from digging trenches to setting up connections and services. The fiber value chain consists of contributions of many different parties. All these parties have different business strategies and business metrics. This workshop aims to explore and bring to light what the different drivers are for parties. In aligning these drivers we will be able to work towards sustainability goals together.
Measuring the progress within every process step and over the whole process is important to make sure we get where we want to be. In this workshop, we will discuss ways to measure, steer, and correct. The last part of the workshop will be focused on aligning the sustainability goals to the business goals of the individual parties within the value chain.
The “Governmental Day” Workshop is an initiative that aims at providing an interactive platform for broadband stakeholders in the EU. The overall focus of the 2021 edition will be on:
The workshop will update stakeholders about the recent developments and future plans of the EU Commission and the Member States, mainstreaming successful approaches and projects as well as facilitating the exchange among the broadband community. It provides a mix of keynotes, interactive elements as well as good practices to stimulate innovation and engagement of key stakeholders from the EU Member States and to facilitate a transfer of knowledge and ideas towards creating a European Gigabit Society.
The workshop will focus on the role of digital information and digitisation in the planning, design, construction, and operation of FTTH networks. It will discuss the key digital tools involved in each stage of an FTTH project, explore how these can reduce cost and deliver efficiency. There will be a detailed discussion of how important it is to implement well-structured and robust IT strategies and processes from the outset of FTTH projects.
15 September 2021 11:00-11:30 online Break
15 September 2021 11:30-13:00 online Session
The workshop will focus on “Assisting Communication Service Providers to avoid churn and to create revenue opportunities by means of enhanced user experience”, more specifically:
1. How to extend fibre performance to the end-device
2. How to manage the user experience 3. How to add value and monetize.
What are the lessons to be learned and the best practices to be shared? Find out through this workshop that will provide you with insights from five European countries. This session brings together experts from the national broadband associations of France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, and the UK to share their knowledge on their respective countries’ recent developments in terms of Fiber rollout. The experts will outline the rollout status, political aims & reality, problems, and national specificities of the progress of fibering up their country.
Winston Churchill once said: “Never waste a good crisis”. After a year of homeworking, we have realized that remote work can be effective and efficient. However, this is only true when we have access to first-class broadband access. In the long run, this work-from-anywhere experience may even cause a demographic shift from urban to more rural areas. Fiber access is clearly a top feature to attract these city-escapers and tourists that expect their broadband to be anywhere and of the highest quality. In this workshop, two operators will illustrate how they see broadband demand shifting, and how they can deploy fiber cost-effectively to address this. Furthermore, we present VLEO Satellite Broadband and Fixed Wireless Access and discuss their respective use cases.
FTTH Forecast for Europe 2021 - 2026
Market Panorama Revisited and How to handle the last mile.
This workshop will fit into the context of Recovery and Resilience Funds’ allocation in Member States of the EU where they are expected to invest at least 20% of those funds in digital technologies: the workshop allows a good opportunity to review the state of play as well as to discuss how Fibre contributes to an enhanced resilience in our societies in the wake of post-covid19 recovery. We invite guest speakers to address these issues. The Connectivity Toolbox’s status of implementation would likewise be addressed. Furthermore, the workshop will also discuss how the Broadband Cost Reduction Directive’s upcoming revision process could contribute to accelerating Fibre roll out in the EU.
15 September 2021 13:00-14:00 online Break
15 September 2021 14:00-15:30 online Session
Industry and consumer demand for increased bandwidth, low latency and improved QOS is driving network evolution and challenging the way networks are being architected and deployed to meet the industry needs. Transforming existing networks to allow PON migration is a key element in the evolution process.
CommScope along with our panelist partners will discuss techniques and philosophies on the end-to-end ecosystem and how this influences PON evolution both in the Active and Passive layers
Passive network: • Coexistence / WDM technologies • Flexibility in network elements – through design / through solutions
Active network: • Disaggregation techniques
Cian O'Mahony, Head Of Operations, SIRO
The Object of this workshop is to give a detailed technical view of the options available to Service Providers and understanding their technology options from todays’ GPON to XGS-PON and beyond to 25Gig, 50Gig and 100Gig.
- What are the key lessons and deployment requirements to ensure todays ODN is ready for longer-term investment? - What are the service applications that will drive and be realized by these future PON technologies?
When considering fibre infrastructure, it seems to be attractive to consider convergence between FTTH networks and 5G. However, there are key issues to take into account prior to having some degree of convergence.
We will examine the position of mobile operators and their current practices with regard to backhauling solutions. Performances of microwave links that are widely used will be taken into account as well as operational constraints.
The workshop will help identify key factors to consider in order to facilitate the use of FTTH as backhaul support and will be a base to weigh the opportunity of introducing new constraints in FTTH network design, deployment and operation.
The FTTH rollout speed is drastically increasing in Europe due to high bandwidth demands fueled by Covid-19 lockdown. However, with this increased rollout speed, the customer experience is impacted and as studies have shown, the churn rates are the highest in the first two years of a customer’s lifetime. So, the question really is, how can we reduce the churn rate to run a more sustainable business?
This workshop will investigate solutions, that minimize the customer impact during fiber installation, reduce the necessary truck rolls (and therefore less “pesky” appointments) and will also have a look at how the end customer experience can be increased due to a better network availability including meshed connectivity.
Does simplifying installation products and processes, hold the key to solving delivery challenges and increasing the speed of getting networks activated? This workshop will explore solutions that re-imagine the first metre of the network and systemise construction validation, activation and in-life visibility for monitoring all the way to the customer. This lowers the costs for advanced triage or wasted call-outs which are especially demanding in rural FTTx networks. We will discuss how the current challenges with planning and delivering the first meter for customer connection and will provide insight on how to automate and simplify delivery across the network lifecycles.
15 September 2021 15:30-16:00 online Break
15 September 2021 16:00-17.30 online Session
The digitalization of the European economy could find its bottleneck in the passive fiber and cable infrastructure. As the world’s demand for information continues to increase, the passive optical network is becoming more and more a key infrastructure for any state or community.
Next-generation fibre networks become more dynamic, crowded, and limited for space; innovation on high-density cabling solutions that are physically compact, easily deployable and environmental friendly is crucial to support the data traffic growth. In this workshop, we will review how recent advancements in cable technology and reduced diameter fibres make it possible to install an increasing number of fibres into smaller diameter ducts.
We are now experiencing a few markets that are almost exploding in the rollout of FTTH networks, which both are thrilling and also offer a great deal of risk. The goal of this workshop is to present concrete examples and role models for how to scale up and meet the market demands, and simultaneously be selective when it comes to methods, solutions, and tools.
The three organizing companies together with the guesting companies cover together almost all sectors in the rollout and will give valuable insights, advice and examples for how to create a “factory” for an efficient rollout.
Even if many countries already have experienced high activities in the FTTH rollout, we can now see extremely high activities in a few big countries which makes this workshop relevant and valuable for many players in these markets.
This Workshop will investigate how a fiber-connected home can realise new opportunities to ensure a managed connected user experience.
Investigating the opportunities and what is driving containerization of new monetized services, IOT and smart home across the QOE managed connected Wi-Fi user that reduces OPEX and increases customer loyalty.
FTTH is a fundamental part of the digital economy that is benefiting from a post-pandemic push towards broadband connectivity around the world. Each FTTH project has a specific context comprised of different variables that greatly influence processes and outcomes. Geography, labour pricing, outsourcing, open access regulations, to name a few, all play a part in defining the guidelines of an FTTH rollout. Two network operators will share their experiences in scaling up FTTH rollouts in a very short time.
Proximus, Belgiums’ incumbent, are currently in a 4 million homes connectivity journey. CityFibre, UKs’ largest alternative provider, is aiming for 8 million homes passed in a highly competitive and regulated setting. Comsof, Yungo and Fifthnet are supporting the operators with automation tools and professional services in design, engineering and construction. Together, they will compare main project enablers and barriers, share lessons learned focused around the processes, resources, and tools that help them reach their ambitious roll-out targets.
On 9 March 2021 the European Commission launched the Communication “2030 Digital Compass: the European way for the Digital Decade”, which, among others, set a clear target in terms of connectivity: all EU households, both in urban and rural areas, will be covered by a Gigabit network by 2030.
The UK is seeking to achieve the same goal even earlier, by 2025. Therefore, the complete transition towards full fibre networks in Europe can no more be delayed. It is high time to consider how wholesale-only operators, who have successfully driven such transition in many European countries, can continue to play their role and expand to ensure that the above targets will be met, to the benefit of consumers, businesses and socio-economic drivers.
The workshop will highlight the various advantages of the wholesale-only business model for infrastructural investors and the challenges it faces in different countries where it has been implemented.
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