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The May FTTH Council Asia Pacific Annual Conference Be Held in Shanghai
The FTTH Council Asia Pacific recently announced that the seventh FTTH CAP Annual Conference will be held from 9 to 10 May 2012 in Shanghai Pudong Shangri-La Hotel.
The theme of this year's FTTH CPA Annual is "Linking Fiber, Living Better". The General Assembly will focus on Asian markets, particularly China, to explore the benefits, challenges and future direction of deploying high-speed broadband. At the meeting, the telecom operators from APAC will share their views on the FTTH industry development and deployment strategies, and to explore the problems of commercial operation of already deployed fiber optic network, including the provision of innovative business models, applications and services . In addition, government departments will interpret that national broadband development planning, advisory bodies analyst will discuss the new industry standard, and the impact to telecommunications service providers. Moreover, the industry's well-known companies will share the latest next-generation all-optical network applications and innovative ideas.
According to the research of renowned research and consulting firm IDATE, the deployment of fiber to the home (FTTH), the APAC has been a world leader. Although the penetration of fiber-optic network in developed countries is high, but as a representative of the emerging economies of China, the deployment and speed of its broadband for global attention. At present, China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, using the most advanced 3G/4G technology and fiber-optic network, the telecommunications infrastructure development is very rapid. And the recently announced national "12th Five-Year Plan" made it clear that will further promote broadband deployment and application.
In the next 5 years, China will see the fastest growth of FTTH penetration rate and enjoy the most FTTH users in the world. Meanwhile, not only the 3G/4G, FTTH and optical fibre and cable technology develop soon in China, but also the country has been a world factory of telecom network equipments, telecom terminal equipments, optical fibre and cable products, etc. As president FrankJaffer FTTH Council Asia Pacific said, "China is now to accelerate the deployment and commercialization of high-speed broadband network process, this year we held the FTTH Council Asia-Pacific in China , it is important to witness the FTTH commercialization process milestone. In the upcoming FTTH Council Asia Pacific Annual Conference, you will be able to understand that the better future of fiber development, and how to enjoy quality of life of the new economy.
