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. 
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Panel discussion at DSA Global Summit 2024

Event: DSA Global Summit
Speaker: Vincent Garnier - Director General 
Date: 23 September, 2024
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Organiser: Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA)


The DSA Global Summit served as the premier global event bringing together leading regulators, spectrum authorities, industry experts and academics to discuss the opportunities and challenges with enabling spectrum sharing through the use of dynamic access technologies.

The 2024 Summit composed a regulator-only workshop on September 24 and public keynote addresses and panel sessions on September 23 - 24. The unique structure of the DSA Global Summit allowed Regulators and spectrum authorities to meet with other Regulators and spectrum authorities from across the globe to discuss spectrum management challenges while gave the space for in-depth discussion on both technical and policy issues. The second part of the event was dedicated to band-specific use cases and innovation on spectrum management.

Mr. Garnier participated in the panel Spectrum management with a user-centric approach - End Users. This session focused on the evolving landscape of spectrum management with a user-centric perspective. Some of the addressed key questions were:

  • How are users accessing the Internet? What does Internet traffic indicate? What is the relationship between indoor and outdoor traffic? How does it change for developed markets, islands, and LDD?
  • How can innovative spectrum management frameworks contribute to ensuring that users get meaningful connectivity?
  • What are the user expectations in terms of broadband access?
  • How can dynamic spectrum access enhance end-user experience by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity across various devices and locations?
  • What is the role of different technologies in addressing users' requirements?

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