Session 4: Services and Applications for FTTH

Wolfgang Fischer

Chair Content and Applications Committee FTTH Council Europe

The End User Revolution

Service Strategies in Fibre to the Home Benoît Felten CEO, Diffraction Analysis

The Gigabit Experience - An End User Experience Joe Savage Managing Director, Telecom Think Tank Co.

Presentation End User Video Clips Nadia Babaali Communications Director, FTTH Council Europe

Service Strategies in Fibre to the Home

Benoît Felten CEO, Diffraction Analysis

• CEO and co-founder of Diffraction Analysis, Benoît Felten is a recognized expert on issues related to Next-Generation-Access. Felten’s expertise focuses on NGAN in terms of architecture, relevant vendor strategies as well as new service opportunities for ISPs, carriers, and MSOs. His analysis particularly emphasises the understanding of business models and go to market challenges related to next-generation broadband as well as the necessary transformation of the telco ecosystem needed to sustain the access revolution.

• Before starting Diffraction Analysis, Felten was a Director of Access Network Research at Yankee Group where he led the company’s research efforts in the NGA field. Prior to Yankee Group, Felten was at Arcome, a French telecom consultancy and analysis firm where he managed and carried out numerous high-profile consultancy projects for operators and vendors in continental Europe and North Africa. Before joining Arcome, Felten was the SME Portfolio Manager at Belgacom France where he was responsible for their Fiber to the Office offers.

• Felten lives in Paris. He complements his day job by blogging about the economic and social impacts of next generation access on Fiberevolution and tweets under the handle of @fiberguy.

The Gigabit Experience - An End User Experience

Joe Savage Managing Director, Telecom Think Tank Co.

• Joe Savage has more than 40 years of executive level experience in telecommunications and optical networking, including CEO and Corporate Director positions with a number of optical equipment companies. He brings his global experience to strategic advisory services in the areas of wireline broadband access, optical networking and broadband services.

• From 2005 to 2011, Joe served as President of the Fiber to the Home Council, North America, an association of more than 210 companies that are accelerating next-generation broadband. He began his career in fiber optics in the 1970’s, helping to build the first fiber production facility at Western Electric in Norcross GA. He has served as VP Planning and Engineering for Fujitsu Network Systems, and as VP, Research for RHK, Inc. Joe is a Professional Engineer with a B.E.E and M.S.E.E. from Georgia Tech. He has received patents for high-speed digital transmission cable design and for methods of avoiding Internet congestion in the PSTN.

Presentation End User Video Clips

Nadia Babaali Communications Director, FTTH Council Europe

• Over the course of her 20-year career in the international ICT world Nadia has held various positions in the field of European Affairs, International Development and Public Relations with large Groups such as BT Group and Telindus-Belgacom, but also with industry organisations and networks such as Opticsvalley and System@tic Paris-Region.

• Nadia holds an MBA from London Business School, an MA in Economics from the University of London and an MA in Mandarin Chinese from the University of Paris.

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