Corning Incorporated and Lightwave Recognize Michel Parent for Leadership in FTTH Deployments
29 Outubro 2012 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) and Lightwave Magazine have
named Michel Parent the recipient of the Ninth Annual FTTXcellence
Award. The award was recently presented at the 2012 FTTH Conference
& Expo in Dallas.
Parent, of La Prairie, Québec, Canada, has been with Bell
Canada’s Outside Plant Technology Research (OTR) group within the
Network Technology team for 26 years. He was the key manager who
standardized new products for every phase of Bell’s successful
fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout this year.
Canada’s largest communications company, Bell launched its
next-generation fiber network service – Bell Fibe – in March 2012
in Québec City. The largest FTTH rollout of its kind in Canada, it
will reach approximately 300,000 homes and businesses. Bell is
investing more than $240 million to deploy FTTH and deliver popular
and competitive new communications services in the region,
including the latest broadband TV, Internet, and home phone
services.
“I am honored to be recognized by Corning and Lightwave for my
contribution to Bell’s rollout of Fibe,” Parent said. “It was truly
a team effort, so I especially look forward to sharing this great
achievement with the incredible team I have the privilege of
working with day in and day out to deliver Bell’s advanced fiber
network to our customers.”
“Michel demonstrates a technical mastery and commitment to
quality that has inspired his team at Bell, just as his dedication
can inspire all of us who work diligently to deliver FTTH benefits
directly to end users,” said Kim Hartwell, senior vice president,
Carrier Networks and Customer Experience, Corning Cable Systems.
“On behalf of everyone at Corning, I congratulate Michel on this
honor.”
“Michel is the third winner of the FTTXcellence Award from
Canada, which confirms that optical access innovation is widespread
in North America,” added Stephen Hardy, editorial director and
associate publisher of Lightwave. “Other operators seeking to add
the many benefits of FTTH technology to their networks would do
well to follow the practices Michel and his team established.”
To be eligible for the award, candidates must be nominated by a
peer. Nominees may include individuals at carriers and system
operators, home developers, utilities, municipalities or other
organizations that have launched an FTTX project; individuals at
vendors or research organizations whose work has benefited FTTX
technology development; public officials or others who have made a
significant positive impact in the regulatory or legal arena; and
other deserving individuals. This year, Corning and Lightwave
welcomed Heather Burnett Gold, president, FTTH Council Americas, to
the panel of judges who selected Parent as the 2012 FTTXcellence
Award recipient.
In addition to the awards ceremony at the FTTH Conference,
Parent was honored with a donation in his name to One Economy
Corporation, a global, non-profit organization that leverages
21st-century technology to help low-income families build assets
and raise their standard of living. He also received a decorative
glass award from the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y., and
will be profiled in an upcoming issue of Lightwave magazine.
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