May 15 2010
The next generation in broadband technology and best practices will be on full display at the year’s biggest fiber to the home industry conference and exhibition, the 2010 FTTH Conference & Expo, to take place September 12 – 16 at the Venetian Hotel-Resort-Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
Gathering under the banner of FTTH: All Fiber All the Way! will be nearly 2,000 key executives from across the growing fiber to the home industry, representing manufacturers of FTTH equipment, network engineering companies and many of the more than 750 telecom service providers across North America that are looking to “future-proof” their networks by upgrading to end-to-end fiber.
In addition to more than 130 exhibitors that will display FTTH products and services in the Expo Hall, the conference will feature 50 track sessions and panel discussions covering a range of industry topics, including new FTTH technologies, advanced design and construction techniques for all-fiber networks, finance and regulatory issues, as well as case studies by successful FTTH providers.
“Our high-bandwidth future will require fiber to be run all the way to every household and business on the continent, and accordingly this conference is a must for any company or organization that wants to stay on the leading edge of broadband,” said Joe Savage, President of the FTTH Council North America, which is organizing the event.
The FTTH Council recently reported that nearly six million North American households are already connected with end-to-end fiber, and that three-quarters of local telephone companies across the U.S. say they expect to upgrade to all-fiber or expand their existing FTTH networks in the near future.
The opening keynote speaker for the conference will be Mike Quigley, Chief Executive Officer of NBN Co Limited, a company created in 2009 by the Australian government to build and operate a fiber to the premises network that will bring 100 megabit broadband service to 90 per cent of homes, schools and workplaces in the country, pursuant to Australia’s national broadband plan. Also speaking in the opening session on Tuesday, September 14, will be Ivan Toner, the Chief Technical Officer of Bell Aliant, which is currently undertaking a $350 million project to deploy FTTH to a footprint covering 600,000 homes in Canada.
With an eye toward enhancing this year’s focus on marketing FTTH services to paying customers, the closing keynote will be Ellis Hill, the Executive Director of the Broadband Multimedia Marketing Association, an organization that aims to advance the adoption and use of broadband services by identifying key industry success factors and sharing best practices in marketing.
Topics covered by panels and track sessions during the four day conference include the impact of growing bandwidth, the new connected homes, the latest fiber optic technologies and installation methods, the upcoming 10 gigabit technologies and products, leveraging FTTH for mobile backhaul, creating IPTV solutions, converting HFC networks into all-fiber networks, and discussions of key legal and regulatory issues affecting FTTH service providers and manufacturers – to name just a few.
For the second year, the FTTH Conference & Expo will offer a special series of learning sessions, conducted in Spanish and/or Portuguese, aimed at fiber to the home opportunities in Latin America. These will coincide with a meeting of the FTTH Council’s Latin American Chapter, which recently concluded a successful conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
“We have put together an outstanding, diverse program that affords every attendee the opportunity to expand their expertise on all things fiber,” said David Russell of Calix, the chairman of the FTTH Council’s board of directors. “This is the one event of the year where the entire FTTH industry meets under one roof to share knowledge and to put the industry’s best ideas and products on display.”
Motorola is the platinum sponsor for the 2010 FTTH Conference & Expo.