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FTTH Council MENA E-NEWSLETTER
Issue 08: August 31, 2017
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White Papers
Members can publish their technical tutorials and educational material for the FTTH technologies whether passive or active or outside plant including the market and regulatory conditions on FTTH Council MENA website. For more information contact us.
FTTH EVENTS
June 12-14, Orlando, Florida-USA Fiber Broadband Association
July 18-20, Washington, USA - Annual FCGA Meeting
October 3-5, Capetown, South Africa - FTTH Council Africa
November 21-23, Regency Tunis Hotel, Tunisia - FTTH Council MENA 2017 Conference and Exhibition
MEDIA CORNER
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9th edition of FTTH council MENA conference and exhibition – Register Now
FTTH Council MENA is pleased to invite you to attend its 9th Edition which will be held under the Patronage of the Ministry of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy of Tunisia. The conference and exhibition will be held under theme "FTTH, Empowering the Digital Vision" in the Regency Tunis Hotel on 21-23 November 2017.
Register now and Book your trip to attend the three days event.
Please visit our event page for registration and booking.
Spaces are limited! Sponsor and Speak Now!
General Assembly 2017
(Members Only)
Sponsor now to be part of the annual FTTH MENA Expo 2017 and have the opportunity to present your FTTH products and solutions. Exhibitors will have the chance to be part of the world class speakers during the 2 day conference.
The third General Assembly meeting will be held on 23 November 2017 in Tunis just after the annual event.
All Members of FTTH Council MENA are invited to attend this General Assembly and contribute on the progress and activities of FTTH Council MENA.
The detailed information will be communicated very soon. Stay tuned.
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MEMBERS NEWS
CLOSING THE FIBER GAP to Apartments – Corning Paper
Demand for fiber optic cable to carry an explosion in data traffic continues to be robust, driven heavily by video consumption and other rich content. Verizon, now the owner of AOL, recently signed mega deals to buy fiber cable from Corning and Prysmian.
MENA NEWS
MCIT to provide USD720m for STC’s fibre-optic rollout
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) have inked an Implementation Agreement for the deployment of fibre-optic services in urban areas, effective 1 August 2017.
WORLD NEWS
USA USA
Verizon confirms it is buying WideOpenWest’s Chicago fiber network for $225M, augments backhaul network
NTCA: Rural telcos find cost is the main barrier to deploying FTTH
USA UK
Report: Fixed wireless 5G could reach $1B in revenues by the end of 2019
Hyperoptic raises GBP100m to accelerate FTTP rollout
Armenia Myanmar
Ucom launches 100Mbps with 145 TV channels special offer
MPT launches residential FTTH in Yangon
South Africa Gabon
South Africa’s Vumatel deploys FTTH in Johannesburg South districts
Vivendi signs fibre network agreement with government, SEEG
Bermuda
Digicel Bermuda to deliver FTTH broadband by year end
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