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Metro Connect
29th to 31st January, Miami
A must-attend event for the US metro market, Metro Connect will once again attract 600+ industry figureheads. The event will take place at the Nobu Eden Roc Hotel, in Miami, with the industry’s most influential businesses discussing market strategies and exploring investment and revenue growth. Speakers this year include representatives from Darktrace, GTT, Microsoft and T-Mobile. Metro Connect 2018 will now run over three days, from 29th to 31st January, allowing attendees more time to ‘discuss and strategize the evolving metro market’.
Autonomous optics: Photoptics will take place in Portugal’s South Westerly archipelago, Madeira
Optical systems are ubiquitous in modern society, from medical sciences to space exploration, telecommunications, information processing and numerous industrial and military applications of all kinds. The 6th international conference on photonics, optics and laser technology Photoptics 25th to 27th January, Madeira Over 100 exhibiting companies and 3,000 attendees are expected for FTTH Conference 2018, which will take place at the Feria Valencia, from 13th to 15th February. Key topics to be discussed this year FTTH Conference 13th to 15th February , Valencia
will take place in Madeira, Portugal, from 25th to 27th January, covering both theoretical and practical elements. Researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the photonics, optics or laser fields should attend and are welcomed to present their work on new methods or technologies, advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques, as well as general survey papers indicating future directions. are: 5G and how wireless is becoming ‘wire more’; fibre business models from the investors’ perspective; technological challenges and innovations; next generation regulation for a Gigabit society. Attendees will be able to see presentations from Deutsche Glasfaser, Nokia, Open Fiber, Orange and Telefónica, and meet with key vendors, like Adtran, Corning, Fujikura and Huawei.
Beach life: Metro Connect 2018 will take place at the Nobu Eden Roc Hotel, on Miami Breach.
Mobile World Congress 26th February to 1st March , Barcelona
Fira Barcelona: Crowds arriving for Mobile World Congress 2017.
Mobile World Congress 2018, the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, will take place over four days, from Monday 26th February, to Thursday 1st March, at the Fira Gran Via conference facility in Barcelona, with over 2,300 exhibiting companies showcasing the latest technologies and most innovative solutions in the market. Event organisers, GSMA, have forecast total attendance in excess of 108,000 and key speakers include BT Group, Ericsson, McAfee, Telenor and Vodafone.
Ronan Kelly, President of FTTH Council Europe, delivering the 2017 opening speech.
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