In December 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal with the ambition of making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life, caring for nature, and leaving no one behind.

Digitalisation will be at the core of this ambitious program and fibre is key to align the digital and sustainability agendas. As the most sustainable telecommunication infrastructure technology, full-fibre is a prerequisite to achieving the European Green Deal and making the European Union’s economy more sustainable.

The need to work collectively towards a more sustainable society has become a strategic objective of policy makers and the vast majority of private organisations alike. With this context in mind, the sustainability Working Group of the FTTH Council Europe has been created with two key objectives:

Promote full fibre as the most sustainable access network technology and enabler of multiple applications which can contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of our activities. Remote working and learning being the most obvious examples.
Support all stakeholders of the Fibre to the Home value chain in their efforts to make their respective activities more carbon neutral.

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Focus on the Sustainability Committee

In this episode we focus on the key sustainable challenges facing the fibre industry both in the context of the EU taxonomy and of the energy 2030 targets and much more.

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Adtran "No Sales Pitch" Event in the UK

Feb 23, 2023

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Event: Keynote speech "European Fibre Vision - Fact or Fiction", at Adtran's NSP event
Speaker: Vincent Garnier – Director General
Date and time: 23 February 2023, 09:10 GMT
Location: King's Place - London, UK
Organiser: Adtran

With over 12 million homes now having access to full fibre, the UK is among the fastest-growing fibre markets in Europe. Despite the clear improvements seen in the past few months, the country is still lagging behind other European countries with regard to FTTH coverage, and there is still a long way before all British citizens can enjoy the full potential of fibre connectivity.

It is therefore important to separate the facts from the fiction and build concrete strategies to fill this gap, with market data being the starting point of this exercise. At Adtran's NSP event UK, our Director General Vincent Garnier discussed the most recent UK fibre market figures and how these compare to the experiences from other European countries.

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