The broadband industry developed in the past year many technology innovations for the first mile of the network. Additionally to the traditional cable or ADSL connection from the central office, new access flavors are now available for massive roll-out : READSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL (VDSL2 under preparation), PON, EFM; following various deployments models : Central Office based, FTTN, FTTP and FTTH (also known as FTTU); with a clear trend towards more fiberization of the network.

This session will provide worldwide feedback concerning the telecom operators deployment strategies of Fiber, especially highlighting the business cases related to the FTTH and FTTN deployments, what could be the expected ROI, in which situations is it the most profitable technology.

Nicolas Van Den Abeele
Vice President, Access Networks Division, Asia-Pacific
Alcatel

Mr. Van den Abeele has broad experience in the telecom industry and has held various management positions at Alcatel in Europe and in Central and Latin America. Before joining Alcatel Asia-Pacific, he spent seven years working for Alcatel in Brazil and Mexico and held the position of vice president of the Fixed Networks division for Central and Latin America. Prior to joining Alcatel, he worked at Andersen Consulting in several countries in Europe, specifically on the deregulation of the European telecom industry in the early 1990s.

Stephen Foster, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific, Emtelle

Tomohisa Hosoda, Manager, Broadband Access Line Services Department, NTT West, is working on planning and developing next-generation broadband services. After joining NTT in 1996, he was engaged in the management of IP-based network and IT strategy. Recently, he was a core member of broadband services development project, which just launched a new FTTH service with a GE-PON system.

MT Louie, Director, Network Development, Cascade