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Cover Story
4 Industry news
Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome Welcome to the latest issue of Optical Connections, which coincides with the industry’s annual gathering at the FTTH conference and exhibition in Luxembourg. The FTTH Council Europe is welcoming visitors to what it calls “the largest FTTH event in the world”. The three-day expo also offers workshops hands-on demos and networking opportunities such as “Fibration Night” – a party in the Big Beer Company restaurant in Luxembourg City. The Council is confident that attendee numbers will grow again beyond last year’s 3,000 participants from 85 countries. Media, including Optical Connections, analysts and associate partners of the event will also be there to take part in the discussions on the latest FTTH research and trends. Optical Connections is a good starting point for understanding the latest developments in FTTH and wider applications of optical solutions. Besides updates on the latest installations, networking systems and products, we present a broad range of detailed business and technical features, including: the next gigabit city (Bristol), our cover story, which explains CityFibre’s pending deployment of ultra-fast digital optical (p14); several angles on how network technology developers are answering the need for higher rate services from data centre interconnects (p16), through BT’s take on the evolution of core networks (p18), to the proliferation of transatlantic subsea links (p20). On the business side, Ovum explains how the next generation passive optical nets can become more profitable than existing installations (p22), while Lightcounting unravels the mysteries of silicon photonics and answers the question can it be a disruptive technology (p26). We hope you enjoy our up-to-date take on the optical fiber communications business, we look forward to meeting you at FTTH conference, if you’re in Luxembourg, and welcome your contributions to our website and forthcoming issues, which will focus on other big gatherings such as OFC and ECOC, later this year.
14 Next gigabit city Matthew Peach
16 Driving DWDM Roy Rubenstein
18 Evolution of core networks Andrew Lord
20 Subsea buoyant John Williamson
22 Next-gen monetisation Julie Kunstler
26 Disruptive technology Vladimir Kozlov
28 Implementing flexible transport Faisal Dada
30 Centralising traffic engineering Dirk van den Borne
32 FTTH Conference feature
Matthew Peach Contributing Editor, Optical Connections
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