Latin America's drive for fibre
6 May 2021
Are fibre deployments on course to meet targets? Keely Portway finds out
A countdown of the most-viewed and industry-shaping developments of 2022 according to Fibre Systems readers
Fibre Systems Spring 2021
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TV stars
5 May 2021
Cable television network operators are readying themselves for customers to pull fibre deeper into their networks, finds Andy Extance
Feeling the squeeze?
4 May 2021
Advanced network automation could be integral to meeting capacity growth, but what’s the best way to implement it? Keely Portway asks the question
The magic number
30 April 2021
With advances in silicon technology gathering pace, Keely Portway discovers three main ways they are being leveraged to enable the evolution of coherent optical engines
Altnets access all areas
30 April 2021
In the third of our FTTH ‘chain’ series, Keely Portway considers challenges during access and maintenance works, and the solutions
Tech focus: test and measurement
29 April 2021
A glance at the current market for test and measurement equipment, and some of the latest developments available
Independents' day
27 April 2021
Alex Blowers, chair of the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) speaks to Fibre Systems about the work being undertaken by altnets, the challenges they face and how the association is playing its part to help
People power
19 April 2021
Emma Atkins asks how we, as an industry help to close the gap in the education, attraction and retention of women in fibre
Breaking barriers
12 April 2021
Neil Bessant ponders whether advances in technology could change the skills requirements for network engineers
Events
Latest issue
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The experts' view of the current state of play for FTTH deployment in Europe and America, and predictions for what should be done over the next 12 months to meet various governments’ ambitious targets
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Interoperability is recognised as the linchpin of open networking. Here three experts offer their view as to why this can only be achieved via industry collaboration.
Craig Thomas, Vice President Strategic Marketing and Business Development at Broadband Forum
We will continue to see a shift to a service-orientated ecosystem over the next 12 months, according to Craig Thomas, who advises on the important role that standards will play.
Purva Rajkotia, Director of Global Business Strategy & Intelligence (GBSI) and the connectivity and telecom practice lead at IEEE SA
Purva Rajkotia outlines some of the trends and challenges in connectivity and telecommunications that are expected to drive the work of standards organisations in the next 12 months
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Jimmy Yu offers an analyst's review of optical transport developments in 2022 and a forecast of what to expect in 2023
