Operator
Keynote- 08.30
Registration & Coffee
- 08.55
- Jurgen Wittkopp, Wireless Technology Consultant, PA Consulting, UK
Opening Remarks from Chair
- Topic
FTTX OPERATOR BUSINESS MODELS & CASE STUDIES
- 09.00
- Osman Sultan, CEO, Du, UAE
- Existing market conditions in Dubai and the UAE
- Investing in FTTH: Why it makes sense in very high density areas
- Challenges with implementing and profiting from FTTH in Dubai
- Technology choice and deployment strategies to minimise cost
CASE STUDY: Dubai Internet City’s Triple Play FTTH Deployment
- 09.30
- Hiromichi Sinohara, Associate Senior Vice President of NTT, Executive Director of NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group, NTT, Japan
- Current status of the Japanese FTTx market
- Lessons learned from massive FTTH rollout
- Key technologies that enables massive FTTH deployment
- Where next for FTTx in Japan?
CASE STUDY: Expanding the FTTH Market - Learning from the NTT Example
- 10.00
- Mokhrane Akli, Chief Officer of Strategy and Technology Intelligence, Algerie Telecom, Algeria
- Examining the demand for services via FTTx in Algeria
- Deployment strategy for FTTH rollout – where will the deployments be focused?
- Future plans to launch triple play and IPTV
- How will Algerie Telecom continue to provide and increase subscriptions to ADSL
CASE STUDY: Investing in FTTH in Algeria
- 10.30
Networking Break & Refreshments
- Topic
TYPES OF FIBRE DEPLOYMENT
- 11.00
- Arvind Kumar Srivastava, General Manager, MTNL, India
- Comparing FTTH, FTTB, FTTC and FTTN. How to decide which type of fibre to deploy
- Targeting the right market first, should residential or business customers be targeted first?
- Assessing the potential of hybrid fibre solutions and the cost implications
- Comparing various migration scenarios and understanding the business case
How do Different Fibre Technologies Compare?
- 11.30
- Floyd Wagoner, Director, Global Product Marketing and Marketing Communications, Access Networks Solutions, Home & Networks Mobility, Motorola
- Closing the Gap Between Nielsen’s Law and Moore’s Law
- Reviewing services and how the video centric user will require whole new levels of broadband
- The role FTTH can play in delivering a superior experience and with that, draw more broadband users into the mix
How Broadband over FTTH can Develop a Superior User Experience
- 12.00
- Alessandro Pirri, Product Manager FTTx Solutions, Prysmian, Italy
- Future planning strategies for increasing the bandwidth for customers?
- Installing multiple fibres to each home/building to ensure that the deployment is “future-proof”
- Building a scaleable FTTx network. How important is it for future mass market adoption?
- What data can operators collect at the point of FTTx installation?
Future Proofing and Contingency Planning for an FTTx Network
- 12.30
Lunch, Networking & Exhibition
- 13.45
- Mokhrane Akli, Chief Officer of Strategy and Technology Intelligence, Algerie Telecom, Algeria
- Osman Sultan, CEO, Du, UAE
- Arvind Kumar Srivastava, General Manager, MTNL, India
- Alessandro Pirri, Product Manager FTTx Solutions, Prysmian, Italy
- Giovanni Manto, GM/Business Unit Leader, Ethernet Fiber Access Solutions, Nortel
- Is now the time to be committing resources to FTTH?
- Is FTTH a sensible long term strategy for an operator?
- How can the cost of construction and installation for a mass FTTH deployment be minimised?
- What is the revenue potential in the short term?
PANEL DISCUSSION: Is FTTH the Eventual Goal for Operators?
- Topic
SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS
- 14.15
- Jawad Abbassi, Founder and General Manager, Arab Advisors Group, Jordan
- Assessing what the uptake of services such as triple play is likely to be
- Effect of regulatory frameworks on FTTx, wireless and copper based broadband?
- Primary research findings of uses of broadband internet in the region
Broadband Service Future Potential in the Region
- 14.45
- Hiromichi Sinohara, Director, Access Network Service Systems Labs, NTT DoCoMo, Japan
- Jawad Abbassi, Founder and General Manager, Arab Advisors Group, Jordan
- Examining future services such as simultaneous TV channels and video conferencing
- Assessing the viability of content sharing applications that operators can develop
- Is investing into future services a better strategy then the “build it and they will come” given the potential cost of investment?
PANEL DISCUSSION: How Can Operators Invest Into Future Services to Drive Subscriptions?
- 15.15
Networking Break & Refreshments
- Topic
FTTX EVOLUTION
- 15.45
- Giovanni Manto, GM/Business Unit Leader, Ethernet Fiber Access Solutions, Nortel
- What are the options for next generation optical networking?
- Migrating from G-PON to WDM-PON or NG-PON - What are the added benefits?
- What is the next step for Active Ethernet/P2P Ethernet?
- Making evolution to future technologies as smooth as possible
The Future for FTTx - Where next?
- Topic
- The FTTH Council Europe and hand-picked industry figure heads will be leading a session of strategic learning, market development and product innovation.
FTTH COUNCIL EUROPE THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
- 16.15
Introduction: Short introduction to FTTH-Council
- 16.20
- Hartwig Tauber, Director General, FTTH-Council Europe
- Introduction of the Global Ranking of the three FTTH-councils worldwide.
- The top-FTTH-countries in the world at a glance.
- Background-info to the top-5-countries
- The process behind the ranking + the three FTTH-councils in brief
- Further developments & conclusions for MEGNA-region
Presentation 1: Global FTTH-Ranking – FTTH Worldwide
- 16.40
- Christian Ollivry, Member of the Board, FTTH-Council Europe
- The sustainable development-study regarding FTTH of the FTTH-Council Europe
- Methodology, the ecobilan-system and the project-partners
- Findings in detail: FTTH is a sustainable infrastructure
- Conclusion & outlook
Presentation 2: FTTH and Sustainable Development
- 17.05
- 17.15
Discussion, Q&A
End of Conference
