The objective of this committee is to help Communication Service Providers avoid churn & create revenue opportunities through the provision of enhanced user experience.

While more and more households have access to full-fibre network, it becomes crucial to avoid home connectivity becoming a bottle neck and that the new gigabit services can efficiently reach end user devices without degradation of speed or performance.

The In-Home Broadband Excellence committee addresses the following questions:

how to provide, manage and monitor ‘Quality of Experience’ for the end-user
how to monetise value-added services and reduce costs
how to leverage standards and provide pointers to industry fora

You can expect multiple initiatives from this dynamic group, such as the In-Home Broadband Excellence Guide, available for every member of the FTTH Council Europe and sold to non-members at a price of €36 inc. VAT* una tantum, intended to help Communication Service Providers understand the topic of ‘In-home Broadband Excellence’ and optimize their business strategies to reap the benefits of fibre-based connectivity delivered to end-users' premises.

The In-Home Broadband Excellence committee is also very much engaged in the organisation of workshops at the annual FTTH Conference, as well webinars and other communications.

_{*This price includes 21% VAT applicable in Belgium. If you are purchasing on behalf of a company based outside of Belgium you will not be required to pay VAT. For all UK and EC Member state registered companies please have your VAT number to include when purchasing}

Sustainability Committee Drives Sector Progress on CO₂ Benchmarking and EU Taxonomy Inclusion

Oct 16, 2025

Committee News | Sustainability Committee |

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Since the beginning of 2025, the Sustainability Committee has been working actively to encourage as many Council members as possible to join the FTTH Eco Platform. To date, more than 30 companies have joined — a strong achievement that the Committee aims to expand further by the end of 2025 and into 2026.

This summer, the Sustainability Committee launched the collection of CO₂ emissions data from participating organizations. Members have been asked to share their corporate carbon footprints, while manufacturers are also invited to provide life cycle assessment (LCA) results for record-keeping purposes. The collected data serves as the foundation for sector-wide calculations, providing participants with valuable, actionable benchmarking insights and enabling a clearer understanding of the fiber sector’s overall CO₂ footprint in Europe.

The first consolidated results will be shared with participants in November and further discussed during the Sustainability Committee meeting at the upcoming General Assembly.

The Sustainability Committee has consistently highlighted the importance of ensuring that the fiber sector is included in the EU Taxonomy. A key step toward this objective is the development of the Code of Conduct for the Sustainability of Telecommunications Networks. Over the summer, the European Commission opened its final consultation round on the second draft of this Code. Encouragingly, several of the FTTH Council’s comments submitted during the first consultation were adopted and reflected in the updated version.

The Sustainability Committee submitted additional input on the second draft at the end of September, and it is expected that by 2026, it will become clear whether the fiber sector will be formally integrated into the EU Taxonomy.

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Sustainability Committee Drives Sector Progress on CO₂ Benchmarking and EU Taxonomy Inclusion

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