BERLIN and LAS VEGAS, Oct. 16,
2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Next-generation fiber
technologies such as NG-PON2 represent a paradigm shift in the
access space and a more certain path towards long-term success,
according to Vincent O'Byrne,
Director of Technology at Verizon.
This viewpoint is among others that will be explored by the
Broadband Forum's Access Summit, which features operators and
manufacturers, as well as industry insight from Light Reading, IHS
and the Fiber Broadband Association.
Taking place at Broadband World Forum, at the Messe Berlin, on
Tuesday, October 24, the agenda
features O'Byrne who will explain how the fiber access space is
constantly evolving, with emerging PON technology providing
solutions to some of the issues around cost and reliability.
"Technologies such as NG-PON2 present exciting new opportunities
for vendors, such as delivering residential and business services
on multiple wavelengths over the same fiber," said O'Byrne. "Not
only does NG-PON2 parse business and residential customer traffic
to isolate and resolve potential problems in the network, it can
also scale to achieve speeds of 40 Gbps and above."
Delegates attending the summit will hear how some of the
Broadband Forum's current projects relate to this need, with its
NG-PON2 Council working to accelerate adoption of the
technology.
Additional topics that will be covered include Gfast, the
gigabit society, Access 4.0, Fiber to the Distribution Point and
the role virtualization has to play in the next generation of
networks.
Bernd Hesse, Chair of the
Broadband Access Summit Event and Senior Director Technology
Development at Calix, said: "We will be exploring NG-PON2 in depth
and the use cases that underpin the decisions to deploy them. I
look forward to the debate, hearing from the experts in the
industry and welcoming the community to these new Forum
events."
The full list of companies taking part in the summit is as
follows: Calix, IDATE, ADTRAN, Sckipio, Corning, UNH-IOL, Go!
Foton, PIC Advanced, Commscope, BiFrost Communications, Nokia,
Altice Labs, Telebyte, Fiber
Broadband Association, BT, Verizon, AT&T, Portugal Telecom, DT,
Vodafone and CYTA. For more information about the event at
Broadband World Forum, please see: https://goo.gl/PWwcgq.
A second event will be held in Las
Vegas on Sunday, October 29,
with the following companies participating: Calix, Fiber Broadband
Association, DSL Prime, Sckipio, BiFrost Communications, Commscope,
Go! Foton, HiSense Broadband Multimedia, PIC Advanced, Telebyte,
Corning, Ericsson, EXFO, Nokia, ARRIS, Ovum, IHS, AT&T, Lumos
Networks, Momentum Telecom, CenturyLink, Digital C and Verizon. To
register to attend, please visit: https://goo.gl/gTxwFZ
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smarter and faster broadband networks. Our work defines
best practices for global networks, enables service and content
delivery, establishes technology migration strategies, engineers
critical device & service management tools, and is key
to redefining broadband. Our free technical reports and
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