Conference to Explore FTTH

The fifth-annual Fiber to the Home Conference and Expo will cover a range of fiber-optic-service issues Oct. 2-5 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.

Sponsored by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council trade group, the conference will focus on case studies of FTTH deployments and informational sessions

A lineup of industry experts will also be on hand for a keynote panel, including Chris Boyer, AT&T’s assistant vice president of emerging services and technology; David E Young, Verizon Communications’ VP of federal regulatory affairs; Gilles Coullon, president of France Telecom’s network and information-technology division; Hiroshi Aoyama, NTT’s senior research engineer for access-network service; and Jose Luis Novoa Lozano, director of access transport at Telefónica.