News from Members
ACOME highlights the impact of choices and uses on networks carbon footprint
Published: 16-11-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
ACOME highlights the impact of choices and uses on networks carbon footprint. While power consumption of digital is still increasing, it seems appropriate to reflect upon the carbon footprint of telecom technologies, uses and infrastructures choices.
CommScope appoints Jack Carlson as Chief Commercial Officer
Published: 16-11-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
CommScope appointsJack Carlson as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr Carlson will lead the company’s global organization of go-to-market professionals, including direct and indirect sales, customer experience and marketing.
Corning looks back on the evolution of fibre optics
Published: 16-11-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Corning looks backon the evolution of fibre optics innovations and how fibre revolutionized the way we work and live, from voice calls to large data sharing, and paved the way for new applications including unlimited connectivity, smartphones, cloud computing, virtual reality, AI. etc.
Nokia and other leading operators and communications technology vendors
Published: 16-11-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Nokia and other leading operators and communications technology vendors sign a 25GS-PON multisource agreement to accelerate the development of 25G symmetric PON
OFS introduces their third Article in the series “How to speak Fiber Geek”
Published: 16-11-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
OFS introduces third Article in the series “How to speak Fiber Geek”. This month it focuses on fibre strength and reliability. Light doesn’t transmit very far through a broken fibre, so this article aims to provide enough background to explain why fibre strength and reliability are of high importance to the user.
R&M highlights in its new blog that the unprecedented fast-growing need for bandwidth
Published: 16-11-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
R&M highlights in its new blogthat the unprecedented fast-growing need for bandwidth and low latency is driven by 5G brings service providers great opportunities to create value – however, this does require extensive re-thinking of existing business models. 5G requires great flexibility when it comes to operating and managing network infrastructures, as well as vastly improved performance in the areas of bandwidth, latency, and coverage.
CommScope released a blog by Phil Sorsky discusses results of an industry survey on 5G
Published: 06-10/2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
CommScope released a blog by Phil Sorsky discusses results of an industry survey on 5G, addressing how the industry is performing and what’s next on the horizon;
Corning is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first low loss optical fibre
Published: 06-10-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Corning is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first low loss optical fibre. Since 1970, Corning has delivered over a billion kilometres of fibre and operates several optical fibre plants globally;
OFS introduces their second article in the series “How to speak Fiber Geek”.
Published: 06-10-2020
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
OFS introduces their second article in the series “How to speak Fiber Geek”. This month it focuses on the several types of dispersion that exist in fibre. Dispersion tends to be the least understood topic in the general fibre user population, mainly because the guidelines used to match up today’s fibres and electronics typically work so that the end-user doesn’t need to have a detailed background to bring up a system.
Calix welcomed 17 college interns to virtually join its marketing, customer support, operations, and analytics teams
Published: 2020/07/09
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Calix welcomed 17 college interns to virtually join its marketing, customer support, operations, and analytics teams. The company’s foremost consideration was helping interns stay connected with Calix employees so they’d have the best opportunities possible to learn and grow.
CommsCope launched converegance ebook
Published: 2020-07-09
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
CommScope launched convergence eBook in order to offer some vital technology insights, examine changes at the infrastructure level, and help identify the best way of approaching convergence, depending on specific requirements and current infrastructure.
Corning gives insights on how 5G and FTTH networks complement each other
Published: 2020-07-09
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Corning gives insights on how 5G and FTTH networks complement each other in a video from Mike Knott, Market Development Manager at Corning and Board Member for FTTH Council Europe, and Laura Baskeyfield, Key Account Manager.
OFS has created a series of Articles to help become a full-fledged “fibre geek.”
Published: 2020-07-09
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
OFS has created a series of Articles to help become a full-fledged “fibre geek.” The purpose of this series of articles is to enable the reader to understand some secondary fibre specifications and their importance to the network. Click here to access the first article of the series: Critical Optical Parameters – Attenuation.
CommScope published the 2019 sustainability report Investing in our Future
Published: 2020-03-08
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
CommScope published the 2019 sustainability report Investing in our Future. The report summarizes CommScope’s efforts to operate the business ethically and with integrity, protect the environment, ensure the health and safety and well-being of the workforce and support the communities in which CommScope operates.
Setics has published an article about the importance of being able to produce very large scale (regional or countrywide) High-Level Designs of FTTH networks
Published: 2020-03-08
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Setics has published an article about the importance of being able to produce very large scale (regional or countrywide) High-Level Designs of FTTH networks in the context of public tenders in Europe and elsewhere. Doing so requires the ability to handle massive amounts of data and run very high-performance design automation algorithms. It is expected that the COVID-19 crisis will be a driver for new tenders in the context of the publicly funded in rural areas.
STL published a white paper on the history of fibre speed limiters
Published: 2020-03-08
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
STL published a white paper on the history of fibre speed limiters. There is a range of optical parameters that limit how far a given transmission system can transmit a signal before optical-electrical-optical regeneration is required. As transmission systems and fibres have developed over the last 25 years, we have also seen those limitations shift amongst the fibre parameters.
Calix’s Senior Director (Solutions Marketing) Teresa McGaughey indicated that the pandemic has driven them to move faster in deploying 10G PON
Published: 2020-03-07
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
According to Calix’s Senior Director (Solutions Marketing) Teresa McGaughey, 93% of respondents in a recent survey indicated that the pandemic has driven them to move faster in deploying 10G PON. Over 50% of the same sample recently took safety precautions, updating their deployment and installation procedures to ensure safe operations while bringing superfast broadband everywhere and fulfilling new subscriber service turn-up requests.
Corning's Market Development Manager & FTTH Council Europe's Board Member Mike Knott shares his opinion on this year’s FTTH/B Market
Published: 2020-03-07
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Corning's Market Development Manager & FTTH Council Europe's Board Member Mike Knott shares his opinion on this year’s FTTH/B Market Panorama (by IDATE for the FTTH Council Europe) and shows the progress that has been made over the past two years.
Folan (Groupe R&D) participated in the solidarity project “Operation Covid-19”
Published: 2020-03-07
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
FOLAN (Groupe R&D) participated in the solidarity project “Operation Covid-19” along with other manufacturers, donating 250,000 masks to healthcare associations and organizations.
Prysmian released an educational paper stressing the necessity to support the exponential growth of data traffic and the adoption of new technologies
Published: 2020-03-07
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Prysmian released an educational paper stressing the necessity to support the exponential growth of data traffic and the adoption of new technologies. The article looks into how bend-insensitive single-mode fibres (ITU-T G.657.A1 and G.657.A2) are a crucial part of the world’s shift towards flexible and reliable connectivity
Sitetracker invites the stakeholders to participate in a survey aimed to reflect the state of the European regional telecom infrastructure industry
Published: 2020-03-07
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Sitetracker invites the stakeholders to participate in a survey aimed to reflect the state of the European regional telecom infrastructure industry. The company is gathering insights from telecom professionals from the field to the C-suite to learn how they embrace operational excellence and seek continuous improvement. Questions will cover a wide range of topics, including risks and opportunities in a changing market; the impact of COVID-19, scaling effectively to meet the increasing demand; operational best practices and so forth.
Calix Published Article: The Re-Ruralization of the Economy: Covid-19 and Work-from-Anywhere
Published: 2020-04-06
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Calix has published an article titled The Re-Ruralization of the Economy: Covid-19 and Work-from-Anywhere. The article looks into how with the COVID-19 pandemic the world begins to work toward the "new normal". The shift toward working from anywhere has placed a substantial strain on service provider networks, but it has also allowed companies to leverage talent from anywhere. With the office "requirement" quickly disappearing, talent is coming from a wider variety of geographic locations.
CommScope published a new FTTX and HFC Case studies eBook
Published: 2020-04-06
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
from Members
CommScope published a new FTTX and HFC Case studies eBook featuring several case studies from around the world. This eBook was a result of CommScoope's decades of expertise in designing and implementing FTTx solutions, from headend and OSP to premises, for a wide range of environments. The ebook is available here.
Corning released a new article titled 5G and Fibre: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading?
Published: 2020-04-06
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Corning released a new article titled 5G and Fibre: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading? The paper is looking at the current state of 5G and fibre: It is impossible to predict how the capability of 5G technology will benefit us all in the future. The early 5G deployments are only scratching the surface of the full capability of 5G and there is significant investment being made now in large scale FTTH deployments throughout Europe.
Deutsche Glasfaser will be merged with regional operator Inexio
Published: 2020-04-06
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Deutsche Glasfaser's acquisition by EQT & OMERS gets green light from the responsible competition authority. Deutsche Glasfaser will be merged with regional operator Inexio, which is already owned by EQT Infrastructure. The new company plans to supply more than 6 million connections and provide high-speed internet for areas in Germany not yet equipped with gigabit-capable connections.
FOLAN has responded to calls for donations of masks in the midst of Coronavirus
Published: 2020-04-06
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
from Members
FOLAN has responded to calls for donations of masks in the midst of Coronavirus health and donated 300 masks to the nursing staff at the EHPAD – The Bon-Secours residence in Rillieux-la-Pape in France.
IQGeo presents an on demand webinars - Network asset visibility strategy
Published: 2020-04-06
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
from Members
IQGeo presents an on-demand webinar - Network asset visibility strategy in challenging times, with guest speaker from TELUS. Having an accurate, up-to-date view of your network assets is more critical than ever before. The “new normal” is placing greater demands on telecoms and utility infrastructure, which is being managed with a reduced and remote workforce. View the webinar now to learn more about the asset visibility strategy of a major network operator.
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IQGeo organises a live webinar with guest speaker from TELUS on network asset visibility strategy in difficult times
Published: 2020-14-05
Source: FTTH Council Europe
Category: News from Members
Having an accurate, up-to-date view of your network assets has always been important, but clear situational awareness is more critical today than ever before. Our “new normal” placing greater demands on telecoms and utility infrastructure, which is being managed with a reduced and remote workforce. Join Faisal Vishram, Senior Technology Architect at TELUS and Jay Cadman, GM Americas at IQGeo for a live webinar on May 20. Faisal will discuss their approach to creating a more accurate view of their network assets during crisis situations. Making critical network data available throughout the organization, and from anywhere is crucial - in the field, office and at home! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn more about the asset visibility strategy of a major network operator. Register now to secure your place.
Calix unveiled Beacon 2020
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
from Members
Calix unveiled Beacon 2020, the action plan that is designed to support operators & users as the situation with the global COVID-19 pandemic continues to develop. Resources that the company is providing encompass networks operation, customer support, marketing and much more.
CommScope is working with non-profit organizations, partners and employees to aid globally amid COVID-19 pandemic
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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CommScope is working with non-profit organizations, partners and employees to aid globally amid COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, the company donates product and expedited delivery of in-building wireless systems to support COVID-19 patients and essential staff works; equips schools with the latest digital infrastructure and uses its 3D laser printers to create face shields for healthcare workers and much more.
Comsof published a white paper: A smart fibre network for smart cities
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Comsof published a white paper: A smart fibre network for smart cities. Smart cities depend on flawless and rapid connectivity and thus need an extensive fibre optic network to cope with data transmission demands which will grow exponentially in the coming decades. In this white paper, Comsof explains the importance of the planning stage in fibre networks roll-out process that permits fibre roll-out cost reduction.
Corning recently announced coordination with Infratel Italia
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Corning recently announced coordination with Infratel Italia for the donation of laboratory supplies to support efforts to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on medical supply networks in Italy.ategory: News
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Hexagon published an article outlining the importance of enabling the protection of telecommunications networks & critical infrastructure
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Hexagon published an article outlining the importance of enabling the protection of telecommunications networks & critical infrastructure that are supporting many vital sectors of society. Robust security measures that provide automation, intelligence, and interoperability to streamline work processes enable users & service providers to swiftly detect, qualify and respond to threats.
Iskratel has published a white paper on telecom environmental sustainability
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Iskratel has published a white paper on telecom environmental sustainability that provides valuable insights to operators on how to dynamically increase their energy efficiency and decrease carbon intensity & the amount of pollution they generate.
Ocilion, amid the closure of cinemas due to COVID-19 pandemic, has just started a Premium Movie Package
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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Ocilion, amid the closure of cinemas due to COVID-19 pandemic, has just started a Premium Movie Package allowing network operators to offer their end customers movie on demand (in parallel to their planned cinema starts) in their living rooms
OFS released a video demonstrating how they teamed up with the co-inventor of optical fibre
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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OFS released a video demonstrating how they teamed up with the co-inventor of optical fibre, Dr Peter Schultz, to deliver high-speed fibre connectivity to the U.S. Virgin Islands.
SIRO launches a Do Life Different campaign
Published: 2020-05-05
Source: FTTH
Council Europe
Category: News
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