Welcome to FTTx Technology Briefing Day 2010

SAMENA’s FTTx Technology Briefing Day will be held on June 15, 2010, in Istanbul, Turkey.

The conference will be a full-fledged roundup on every aspect of the FTTx technology. The motivation and the potential promise it holds will be strengthened by analyzing the factors that are stimulating the growth and the reach of fiber to the end-user. The aim is to plunge into a head-to-tail analysis and review of all aspects of the this advanced optical transport technology, which is believed to be the power line for the future.

Several questions associated with FTTx have to be answered. Economic implications are one of the major issues to be understood in order to help success materialize on a wide scale. Shift to fiber implies a hefty amount of deployment cost and the return on investments is the question which the operators and the stakeholders have to quell. However, the motivation for fiber is enveloped in the technologically enhanced capabilities that it can offer, thus making it a future-proof technology.

The FTTX Briefing Day will delve into the complex intricacies of FTTx’s techno-economic aspects to trace out a road map, which will allow fiber technology to lead telecommunications industry into the next era.

Briefing Overview

General

• New Telecommunication Technologies in FTTx: Potential for bridging Digital Divide
• Driving Factors, Challenges in FTTx Opportunities, Market Analysis
• Future Forecasts and Economics of FTTB/H, Cost-Benefit Aspects, Returns on Investments
• FTTx Developments; Integrated solutions with complementary technologies
• FTTx Business Models enabling Next Generation Access
• Case studies: Leading Operators and Deploying FTTx for Triple/Quad-Play Services

Technical

• Standardization of FTTx
• Architecture and technology choices
• Successful FTTx deployment strategies
• The cabling problem in buildings
• Using the existing infrastructure
• Installing the new infrastructure
• Home equipment in FTTB and FTTH networks
• PON or Ethernet PtP: the right technology for optical fiber networks

Services and Applications

• Migration Aspects
• Enabling new services and Applications driving FTTx environment
• Next Generation Homes
• Service Deployment of Scenarios, Corporate or Residential
• Networking requirements for delivering high-quality services
• Social services
• Bandwidth requirements
• Cable TV versus IPTV

Regulations

• Policy and Regulatory environment
• Obstacles to overcome
• Impact of regulations on investment and competition
• Major FTTx regulatory issues by country, National Broadband Deploymet approaches

Miscellaneous

• Experiences and lessons to foster forward