09.11.2010

Pre-Conference Workshop:

Building the business case for profitable FTTx deployments – understanding the real drivers of profitability, what works and what doesn’t
(Workshop language is English)

This workshop will be focussed on the detailed business drivers of an FTTx implementation.   How can you make money and how do you avoid losing – because mistakes in FTTx are very costly. 

The workshop will include high levels of interaction and help people learn where they should be paying attention in developing realistic plans for FTTx businesses.  It will also reference the role of other technologies such as DSL, WiMAX etc when you are developing an FTTx business plan. 

No two deployments are identical. Local conditions, regulation, penetration, costs for digging, geography etc will all impact the business case and so the workshop will cover key drivers of profitability and also share the key aspects of building a realistic business model. 

It will include key aspects of business modelling combined with real world examples of costs, issues, best practices and potential traps for the unwary.

10.11.2010

08h30 | 09h00>>
Reception & Welcome coffee

09h00 | 09h10>>
Welcome Message & Opening of the FTTH Forum 2010
Hassan M. Claussen, Managing Director, HanseCom Media & Communication

09h10 | 09h40>>
Key Note Address
Taking Your Life to New Horizons
Chris Holden, President, FTTH Council Europe

09h40 | 10h10>>
Key Note Address
Thilo Kusch, CFO Magyar Telekom

10h10 | 10h40>>
From Fibre Deployment to Fibre Adoption
Ana Pesovic, Alcatel-Lucent

10h40 | 11h00>>
Coffee-Break

11h00 | 11h30>>
Using Pre-Connectorised Solutions on Aerial Networks to Enable Fast and Cost Effective Fibre Builds Outside the Major City Environments
Mike Knott, Corning

11h30 | 12h00>>
FTTH and Other Future Proof Optical Access Architectures which Consider CAPEX Limitations and Other Real-Life Decisive Factors
Eliseo Rodriguez, Keymile

12h00 | 12h30>>
Presentation title to be confirmed
 

12h30 | 13h00>>
FTTH Worldwide Panorama
Roland Montagne, Idate

13h00 | 14h15>>
Lunch (sponsored by Elcon)

14h15 | 14h35>>
Afternoon Key Note Address
Regulatory Challenges of Next Generation Networks
Marcus Weinkopf, Vice President Regulatory Affairs Wholesale & Networks, Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn

14h35 | 16h00>> Panel Session Business Models Part 1

Chairman: Richard Jones, Ventura Team

Panelists:

Thilo Kusch, Magyar Telekom
Frans-Anton Vermast, City of Amsterdam
Lars Hedberg, The Swedish Urban Network Association

16h00 | 16h20>>
Coffee-Break

16h20 | 18h00>> Panel Session Business Models Part 2

Chairman: Richard Jones, Ventura Team

Panelists:

Roland Montagne, Idate
Benoit Cosandey, Sierra Energy                                                                                                                                           Marc Duchesne, FiberGeneration