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.

Insights from the Committee

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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Suzanne Tracy

Jun 3, 2024

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Applying for a Board of Directors position

First and Last Name: Suzanne Tracy

Company Name: SIRO

Current position: CTO

Company Type: Telecom Network Operator

Biography:

Suzanne established and leads the Technology function in SIRO, a joint venture between Vodafone Ireland and ESB (the Irish state-owned electrical utility) which is delivering FTTH to Irish homes and businesses over the electrical network. Suzanne is responsible for the selection, design and delivery of the SIRO infrastructure rollout across network & IT including the in-home installation for end-users. Having started her career as a process engineer in pharmaceuticals Suzanne has 25 years’ experience in Technology & Engineering mainly with Vodafone Group Technology across a number of markets in Europe. Suzanne is a member of the FTTH Council board and also a board member of Vodafone Group Services Ireland Limited.

Position statement:

I have participated in FTTH conferences since 2019, initially as a panellist on the CTO panel and more recently as the moderator of the CTO panel. I have acted as sponsor to both the In Home Customer Experience committee and the DE&I committee. I have attended a number of GA's where I actively participated in all discussions, sharing my experience and learnings.

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

I have extensive experience of FTTH Council Europe, having served on the board for the last 2 years. I have thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity, seeing the great work the FTTH Council Europe team do to champion the adoption of Fibre in every market in Europe and also learning from peers, all the time gaining better insights to our industry. As a CTO in an operating company, I have very valuable and unique perspective to share with other FTTH council members and the broader industry. As CTO I consume both Active & Passive equipment, select software & mapping tools that support the fibre rollout and define and deploy the IT OSS/BSS stack required to run a successful Open Access FTTH Network. I want to grow and share my experience to ensure FTTH customers continue to get best in class service delivery and fibre speeds. I look forward to serving on the FTTH Council Europe board for the next 2 years and thank you for your vote.

I continue to have the same passion for FTTH customer experience and copper switch off as I did when I first joined the Council Board, see video attached from June 2022.

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