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

 

 

Policy & Regulation Committee: Advocacy on the Digital Networks Act and Cybersecurity Act

The Policy & Regulation Committee has worked extensively on the European Union's legislative proposals. For the fibre industry, the principal legislative files at present are the Digital Networks Act and the revision of the Cybersecurity Act.

On the Digital Networks Act, the Committee has developed and finalised its amendments to the draft act, which will now serve as the basis for advocacy work with the co-legislators, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Drawing on the valuable input of a technical ad hoc committee, the Committee is also preparing a detailed policy response on the Cybersecurity Act.

Both activities will continue throughout the third quarter, as the two drafts are now in the parliamentary process. In its last session, the Committee appointed a Vice-Chair. Our sincere thanks go to Roel van Kessel for taking on these responsibilities.