Introduced in 2023, the Open Access Committee has several objectives, including promoting the idea of Open Access and the wholesale fibre business model, stimulating and encouraging wholesale-oriented regulation and discussing and exchanging experience and best practices. To deliver on its mission and based on the know-how of its member companies, the Committee touches upon several fields, including the regulatory framework for wholesale operators, the technical aspects of Open Access, IT solutions for network operators, promotion and education, and sales and marketing of Open Access-based fibre services.

You can expect a variety of new contents and resources generating from these discussions, that will soon become beneficial to the fibre community at large.

For those who are not familiar with the concept of Open Access, here are five main advantages of adopting this business model while deploying FTTH networks, as identified by the working group:

Open Access is a model that allows for the deployment and operation of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in a cost-efficient way. Building one infrastructure that is accessible to all service providers is in fact very cost-efficient, and has a significant impact on national coverage and market value. This cost-efficiency results from the fact that the same infrastructure is shared by all service providers, reducing the need for multiple infrastructures and saving on deployment and maintenance costs.
The wholesale model can be very agile in administration, as there is no customer care. This means that service providers can focus on delivering services, while wholesale operators handle infrastructure maintenance and management.
Service providers benefit from extensive coverage of the open access network without upfront investment, which makes it easier for them to provide services to customers without having to invest in expensive infrastructure.
End-users benefit from a variety of services provided by diverse operators over the open access network. This means that customers have access to more choices in terms of services, pricing, and quality.
Open Access drives competition of services in a very simple and transparent way. The wholesale operator does not compete with service providers, and service providers have equal terms and conditions of access. This creates equal opportunities for all service providers, promoting a more competitive and dynamic market.

Carl Pertry

Jun 3, 2024

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First and Last Name: Carl Pertry

Company Name: Nokia

Current position: Director of Business Development

Company Type: Vendor/Reseller (Products)

Biography:

Carl is Director of Business Development in the Fixed Networks Business Unit of the Network Infrastructure Group of Nokia. His role focuses on driving and developing fixed access network telecom solutions focusing on Tier-1 CSPs and their operational companies throughout Europe and worldwide, and on leading a highly skilled and international team of business development, presales, and commercial managers. Carl develops FTTH access networks as key priority since December 2014, first in a sales role, and since March 2016 in a business development role, responsible to synthesize technical and commercial solutions, and conduct contract closure. Prior to these roles, Carl held positions in various sales and presales roles with focus on a leading European Tier 1 operator and competitive operators in Germany, France, Switzerland, Poland, and part of Nordics. His final position was Sales Director of Network Transformation. Carl started his career in Nokia in the former Alcatel in 1996 as R&D Engineer and progressed to R&D Program Manager responsible for Platform-based-Design methodologies for Systems-on-Chips in the corporate CTO office. Carl is based in Belgium, after residing 15 years in Germany and France, is married and has one son, likes to study society and technology, tries to generate interest in engineering and science with young people and is an avid runner.

Position statement:

At FTTH Council Europe, we should - more vigilant than ever before - advocate the benefits of a fiber fixed access network for consumer and business, and the crucial role these fiber access networks play for humans and society to close the digital divide, to grow our economies and to ensure critical operations of our countries like government functions, utilities and healthcare. In this perspective, fiber access networks should be considered by all stakeholders to be as crucial as (5G) mobile networks. FTTH Council Europe still has a role to play for the “fiberization” of our European countries. The FTTH Council Europe can count on Carl’s full dedication to help position FTTH from a technological, economic, and regulatory perspective.

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

My experience at FTTH Council Europe is being part of Nokia’s team participating to FTTH Conference over many years. Nokia is and has been supporting FTTH Council Europe for years with many technical, market and strategy contributions and experts and I will join and strengthen this expert team with the firm intention to value this tradition.

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