08.55 Welcome Address

Samantha Aspinall
Conference Producer
Telecoms IQ

09.00 Opening Remarks from the Chairman

Followed by Speed Networking Session

09.20 A worldwide overview of FTTx

• Evaluating the latest worldwide FTTx figures
  • FTTH vs. FTTN
• Scrutinising the success of the current leading FTTH operators
  • Verizon
  • NTT
  • HK Broadband
• Understanding the EU situation on FTTH/B markets
• Establishing the drivers and challenges for FTTH in Europe

Roland Montagne
Director Telecoms Business Unit
Idate

09.40OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Learning from the experiences of Openreach’s FTTx deployments: How are they successfully deploying super fast broadband across the UK?

• Understanding how Openreach are enabling open access NGA and super fast fibre access
• Evaluating the mixed economy model: FTTC and FTTP
• Enhancing cost-effective coverage through Openreach’s latest fibre innovations
• Determining how to broaden the range of service propositions to enable success for communications service providers

George Williamson
Director, Strategic Network Design
Openreach

10.10OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Determining why and how to use PON to optimise the delivery of super fast broadband

• Assessing which fibre technology is going to deliver the best ROI
• Identifying and overcoming the challenges of using different PON technologies
• Leveraging your chosen fibre technology to deliver fast digital access on short subscriber loops
• Evaluating the potential for using NG-PON to deliver the services your customer wants

Les Humphrey
Senior Technical Advisor
BT

10.40OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Discussing why and how to use WDM-PON in your fibre network roll-out

• Identifying the business case for using WDM-PON
• Evaluating the benefits and limitations of WDM-PON
• Comparing and contrasting WDM-PON to alternative PON technologies
  • 10G-PON
  • 10GE-PON
  • xGPON
• Understanding how WDM-PON can be used to provide an optimal customer experience for delivering super fast broadband
  • Delivering high bandwidth to multiple endpoints over long distances
• Establishing how to leverage WDM-PON to reduce OPEX when rolling out your fibre network

Max Gasperroni
Chief Engineer, Fibre and Backhaul Access
Vodafone UK

11.40OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Scrutinising UNET’s experiences of using WDM-PON in SME markets

• Discussing why and how to use WDM-PON in your fibre network roll-out
• Scrutinising the benefits and limitations of WDM-PON
• Evaluating real life cases of WDM-PON fibre deployments
  • Case study 1 – Business park
  • Cast study 2 – Surveillance camera network
  • Case study 3 – Long distance access network
  • Case study 4 – Rural access network
• Establishing how to leverage WDM-PON to reduce OPEX when rolling out your fibre network

Ger Bakker
CTO
UNET

12.10OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Establishing how to cost-effectively extend the reach of your FTTH network

• Understanding how the super fast broadband market is developing in Slovakia
• Establishing the business case for deploying an FTTH network across Slovakia
  • IS FTTH the best deployment option for extending the reach of broadband across Slovakia?
• Examining how to ensure take-up from your FTTH network
  • Is there a business case for rolling out FTTH to the rural areas of Slovakia?

Marcel Satanek
Head of Corporate Strategy
Slovak Telekom

12.40 Implementing and managing the Next Generation of fibre broadband

• Implementing StableNet® as unified fault and performance management solution and avoiding integration risks
• Examining how to provide high-level automation for cross organisation SLAs
• Determining how to deliver business and operational value with automatic configuration, root-cause and impact analysis in an advanced all-fiber optic network
• Establishing how to set up an automated OSS/BSS solution with end-to-end service assurance

Dr. Stefan Koehler
CEO
Infosim

14.10 Creating a brighter future through FTTH deployment

• Evaluating FTTH deployments across Europe
  • How has this developed over the last year?
• Analysing current FTTH competition in Europe
• Outlining the forecast market development for FTTH across Europe

Nadia Babaali
Communications Director
FTTH Council Europe

14.40OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Learning how Portugal has become one of the most active FTTH markets in Europe

• Evaluating the business case behind Sonaecom’s FTTH network
  • Why did they choose to deploy an FTTH network?
• Establishing how Sonaecom have ensured customer engagement with their FTTH roll-out
  • How are they ensuring optimal customer take-up rates?
• Outlining the latest developments in Sonaecom’s FTTH project
  • What’s next on the agenda?

Luis Filipe Tavares
FTTH Director
Sonaecom

15.10 OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Identifying and overcoming the challenges of implementing FTTH

• Evaluating the business case behind Reykjavik Fiber Network’s FTTH roll-out
• Assessing the pros and cons of having multiple service providers using an open access network
• Scrutinising the processes and pitfalls of deployment and service activation
• Determining how to successfully forecast bandwidth usage and trends
• Understanding the criteria for enabling a greenfield FTTH deployment

Birgir Rafn Thrainsson
CEO
Reykjavic Fiber Network

15.40 Identifying and overcoming the challenges to optimising the roll-out of FTTH

To date, very little time has been spent analysing the best way to roll out fibre optics efficiently within end users’ homes. Thus, many questions have arisen that have not yet been answered satisfactorily:

• How can we deal with the time issue?
• How can we avoid high maintenance costs in the long-term?
• How can we best respond to the diverse needs of all our end-users?

The challenges of “the last metres” still have to be overcome. It will require innovative approaches, which will have to be realised in close co-operation between the network provider and the suppliers. In this presentation, we will examine the new challenges that will result from Fibre to the Home and discuss how to respond to them. In doing so, not only will we understand today’s questions around Fibre to the Home, but also create a sense of urgency in adapting to emerging needs.

Lars Zuellig
Product Manager Fiber Optic Management Systems
HUBER+SUHNER

16.30 Establishing a successful FTTH deployment strategy: Discussing deployment considerations and learning how to optimise the network architecture and reduce your costs

• Identifying the factors that operators need to consider to fully optimise their deployment strategy
  • Regulation
  • Market conditions
• Establishing how to design an FTTH network that delivers real cost savings
• Understanding how architectural choices can help operators meet their commercial objectives
• Examining how to build a detailed bottom-up cost model to ensure you are successfully tracking the costs of your new network

17.00OPERATOR CASE STUDY: Learn how Swisscom have established a successful FTTH deployment strategy and optimised their network architecture whilst reducing costs

• Identifying the factors that operators need to consider to fully optimise their deployment strategy
  • Competitive situation
  • Anti-trust authority, regulator, and politics
• Establishing how to design an FTTH network that delivers competitive advantages
• Understanding how architectural choices can help operators meet their commercial objectives
• Examining how to design and to plan FTTH roll out partnerships in order to reduce the costs of your new network

Peter Kempf
Senior Strategic Marketing Manager
Swisscom

17.30 Interactive Panel Discussion: How can you ensure that your NGA network is fully future-proofed?

• How can you forecast the growth in demand for bandwidth hungry applications to ensure that your NGA network can support them?
  • What is going to be the killer app?
• Which fibre technology is the most future-proof?
• How can you ensure a future-proof NGA network whilst minimising investment costs?

Panellists Include:

18.00 Closing Remarks from the Chairman

18.10 End of Conference Day One