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.

Panel 4 - CTO panel

There is no doubt that the FTTH industry is experiencing unprecedented technology developments. The transition to 10G and beyond, the convergence with 5G, the decommissioning of copper networks, adapting the infrastructure to future applications running on fibre, and avoiding in-home connectivity from becoming a bottleneck are only some of the key technology issues that major fibre players from all around Europe are facing today.

Are you curious to know what is on the agenda of Chief Technology Officers from leading European FTTH operators? Join this strategic conversation as some prominent technology leaders spell out the latest trends and innovations shaping the industry.


Speakers: Eilish O'Connor - CTO at Viatel, Eric Kuisch - Chief Operating Officer at Eurofiber, Joost Steltenpool - EVP FTTH Rollout at KPN, and Laurent Leboucher - Senior Vice President Orange Innovation Networks at Orange - moderated by Suzanne Tracy - Board Member at FTTH Council Europe

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