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SCTE ® Presents: Rural Fibre & The Last Mile March 18, One Great George Street, London
in the marketplace, examining the likely outcomes of consolidation and lack of subscribers. Finally, we looked to the future and welcomed Mark Waddell from the BBC and Malcolm Brew from Strathclyde University, Izzy Taylor and Dominic O’Reirdan who all offered workarounds to conventional fibre optic broadband and a vision for a future of 100% homes connected - it certainly seemed within reach that day. The final Open Session, where we invited all the speakers back for a free and open discussion with the audience, was – in our view – the best bit. All the sessions are available to watch on our YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@thescte . Thanks to all who attended, we really enjoyed hosting you. Don’t forget our next event, SCTE® Presents: Across The Pond, a focus on North America, takes place at One Great George Street again on June 25. Register today!
Our newly relaunched networking event with a brand-new title certainly attracted attention and the theme, rural broadband couldn’t have been more topical. How do we know that? It was a sell-out event, that’s why! We were delighted to see so many of our good friends in the industry there to network, learn about the latest trends and cutting-edge technology from some of the best experts in the business. We were also very happy to meet so many new people and make some new friends. Sponsored by Technetix, Corning and Abloy, the day began with an overview of the broadband landscape, introduced by our President Dr Anthon Basham, who handed over to our moderator, James Saunby who guided our panelists through the bad weather, wayleaves, inaccessible rocks and remote outposts that are still yet to be connected to broadband of any notable speed, acknowledging the substantial achievements this industry has made in such a short space of time and during lockdown, no less. The next panel looked more closely a the obstacles, from economic viability to sheer competition
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FTTH – Melissa moderating panel
The FTTH Show took place in Amsterdam in March this year and was a slick event as always, well attended and certainly buzzy on the trade show floor, with some interesting topics and sessions. Expanding beyond the technicalities was a subject close to the heart of Roshene McCool, President of the FTTH Council Europe. Our editor Melissa Cogavin moderated a DE&I Workshop, featuring Roshene, Alessandro Pirri of Prysmian in Milan, Giada Cosentino of ZET Rome and Thomas Miller of Hamburg Commercial Bank.
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May 2025 Volume 47 No.2
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