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The Investments & ESG Committee brings together the work of the Council's former Investors, Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees under a single structure, reflecting how closely capital, environmental performance and social responsibility are now linked in digital infrastructure.

The Committee provides a forum for investors, operators and industry experts to examine the financial and non-financial factors shaping fibre and data centre investment across Europe. Its scope spans the investment landscape and financing conditions for network rollout, the environmental footprint and sustainability credentials of fibre infrastructure, and the governance and diversity practices that support a resilient, competitive industry.

By combining these perspectives, the Committee aims to give members a clearer view of how ESG considerations influence investment decisions,  and how the sector can demonstrate its value to the investors, policymakers and stakeholders who rely on that evidence.

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Deployment & Operations Committee: 2026/2027 Session Underway

Jul 24, 2026
Committee News | Deployment & Operations Committee |

The D&O committee held the first committee meeting of the new 2026/2027 session with several goals in mind.    

1) Identify the three key areas of focus for the coming year, these have been identified as Network Resilience, HFC Migration and Optical LAN.     
2) Choose Vice Chairs for each of these topics.  The call for Vice Chairs has been made and I am happy to inform the group that we have volunteers for both the Network Resiliency and Optical LAN topics.  We remain looking for a volunteer for the HFC migration topic.   
3) Start looking at the FTTH handbook with an eye towards edition 10, areas of update, new topics for discussion. 4) Identify areas of collaboration with other committees, such as the new Data centre & Data Centre Interconnect committee where some topics can converge.  

Announcing the vice-chairs I would like to thank the following for stepping up to take on these important working roles:  

Vice Chair for Network Resilience:   Nicolas Vandepuy, Fixed Networks Services Innovation Director, Nokia
Vice Chair for Optical LAN: Cemil Canturk, Senior Marketing Manager Optical LAN, Nokia
Vice Chair for HFC Migration:  Position still open.  

We urge anyone interested in the topic of HFC Migration who would like to help organise the work on this topic to get in touch with me over the next week if this position might interest you.  We are extremely happy to get the ball rolling and continue on with the great work of the Deployment and Operations committee as we prepare for a busy 2027.  

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