FTTH at Long Last!
That will be announced by our keynote speaker, Dr. Peter Cochrane, futurist, entrepreneur, business and engineering advisor to international industries and governments.

www.cochrane.co.uk

"In 1986 the first optical local loop system rivalling copper was deployed and tested. By 1990 it was clear that FTTH was not only cost effective against installed and new copper, it afforded huge savings in building stock, equipment, people and truck rolls. However, the copper community fought back with claims that copper could do the job. But they were thinking Mbit/s, whilst today it is clear that the future is about Gbit/s.
The wireless fraternity also leapt to the fore with claims that we didn’t need copper or fibre because radio could do it all. In both cases it has taken well over 20 years for the world of government, regulation and industry to get the picture. We actually need FTTH to meet the needs and demands of 21C societies, and more wireless devices automatically means more optical fibre everywhere.
Looking back it is hard to think of another telecom technology that has seen more debate, more vacillation, and less real action than FTTH. But now I think we can safely assume that we have a ‘green light’ and deployment is not an option. The debate is now; ‘not if or when’, but how?  For those looking for the one true FTTH solution I say there is no silver bullet – more a menu of options that each country/company will have to choose from to meet local needs.
In this presentation I address some of these options and point out some of the keys to reducing the local network operating costs by well over 80% of copper today. This will include the closure of the PSTN, the abandonment of street furniture, the removal of all intermediate electronics in the ‘last mile/s’, and much more…."

The FTTH Council Europe was very curious and asked Dr. Cochrane: what can we expect from your keynote at the FTTH Conference in Munich? Read the written interview with Dr. Cochrane here.

Read more on Dr. Peter Cochrane here.