The FTTH Council Europe has been monitoring annually the evolution of full-fibre deployment throughout Europe since 2012. This essential work has been driven by the Market Intelligence Committee which publishes our flagship report FTTH/B Market Panorama, complete with FTTH Forecasts for Europe. The survey is commissioned through an external partner and the role of the Committee is to complete and refine these data based on the comprehensive input coming from the network of experts from our 150 members active in all European countries.

FTTH members have access to a more detailed version of the report with granular information regarding the individual FTTH markets in each of the 39 countries surveyed.

Two more reports have been produced under initiative of the Market Intelligence Committee, and launched during the last FTTH Virtual Conference 2021: the latest figures of the FTTH Forecasts for 2021 and 2026 and an overview of fibre deployments in rural areas.

The Market Intelligence Committee is also involved in other studies such as Copper Switch Off, Best Practices in Fibre advertising and the Socio Economic Impact of FTTH.

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Barbara Tonarelli

Jun 3, 2024

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Applying for the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee Chair position

First and Last Name: Barbara Tonarelli

Company Name: ADTRAN

Current position: Principal Sales Engineer

Company Type: Vendor/Reseller (Products)

Biography:

Over the years I gained a wealth of experience in network access solution projects from Tier 1 to Tier 3 telecommunication operators. I have worked for over 20 years on many FTTx projects in typical fixed access telecom infrastructure markets around Europe in different sales roles from Technical Sales and Product Management to Solution and Project Management. After a long experience on access technologies within Siemens and Nokia Siemens Networks, since 2012 I joined the Sales branch of ADTRAN Italy, following activities in the Fixed Access Network field, dealing with customers and partners predominantly in Southern Europe. I am part of an international team of Sales Engineers sharing experiences from several operators in the World and an FTTH Council volunteer since 2019

Position statement:

I am a Principal Sales Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the FTTH industry. My technical expertise in end-to-end access network solutions, combined with my open-minded attitude, has enabled me to contribute effectively to multiple initiatives within the FTTH Council over the past five years, particularly through my work with several committees. Since joining the FTTH Council in 2019, I have been passionately dedicated to advancing our industry’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) goals.

Since joining the FTTH Council in 2019, I have been passionately dedicated to advancing our industry’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) goals. As chairman of the DE&I committee, I am committed to enhancing inclusivity in all senses starting from achieving a more balanced gender representation within our industry.

I look forward to continuing this vital work and driving meaningful change in our industry, focusing on these three fundamental values in which I thoroughly believe.

Your past role(s) and activities in the FTTH Council Europe:

I stepped in as a volunteer in 2019 and initially worked primarily with two teams: the Deployment and Operations Committee and the “Women in Fiber” Working Group, which last year evolved into the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. In the meantime, I also joined the Sustainability and In-home Broadband Excellence committees.

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