About the Committee

The Data Centre & Data Centre Interconnection Committee is the FTTH Council Europe's newest committee, established to reflect the Council's expanded remit across data centres and the fibre infrastructure that connects them.

The Committee's current work programme includes a report on hollow core fibre (HCF) and multi-core fibre (MCF), a DCI market study developed with the Board, and updates to the Market Panorama to capture the Council's broader scope. Alongside this, the Committee is developing a programme of educational webinars for members on AI-driven data centres, covering the underlying drivers and market trends, internal data centre architectures and wider interconnection architectures.

The Committee also leads the data centre and interconnection content at the annual FTTH Conference, shaping several hours of programming across the full breadth of the Council's expanded remit. 
Further outputs will follow, including new assets, market studies and content developed for the upcoming FTTH Conference. Click here and join us!

This page is new and still growing. The Committee's assets, studies and Conference materials are currently in production and will be added here as they are published. In the meantime, you can follow the Committee's latest news below.

Copper switch-off: European experience and practical considerations (update 2020)

This study provides a summary of the findings of research conducted by WIK-Consult in Q3 2020 on the status of copper switch-off in 10 European countries, together with an analysis of the opportunities and challenges associated with migrating to modern fibre networks, and possible implications for policy-makers and regulators, in light of the implementation of the EU Electronic Communications Code1 and revision of the EC Recommendations concerning “Next Generation Access”. Findings are based on questionnaires and interviews with selected stakeholders and build on an earlier study by WIK-Consult on copper switch-off which was completed in February 20192 and presented at the FTTH Council Europe conference in March 2019 in Amsterdam. 

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