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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2010 11
The inaugural Fibre-to-the-Home
Middle East conference, held in
Amman on 10 th and 11 th November
2009, was reported to be a great
success.
The two-day conference was held
under the patronage of the Jordanian
minister of ICT, His Excellency Eng
Basem Al Rousan, who made the
opening speech, participated in a
press conference and toured the
exhibition hall.
Dr Mashour Abu Daka, minister of
telecommunications and IT in
Palestine, gave a keynote speech,
unveiling statistics that show the
growing demand in high-speed
Internet.
The conference programme offered a
series of high-level presentations
covering all important aspects of
FTTH networks. This included tech-
nical sessions where the latest
solutions for FTTH deployment and
operation were presented. Case
studies from Middle East, Europe and
Asia gave insight in the day-to-day
operation of FTTH networks and a
special workshop discussed the
business case for FTTH.
Over 260 delegates were gathered in
the Amman Grand Hyatt Zara Expo,
where 14 exhibitors were presenting
leading edge technologies. This is
further evidence that interest for
Fibre-to-the-Home is growing in the
Middle East region. All analysts
speaking at the conference con-
firmed that there is huge potential for
local FTTH take-up, contributing to
the region’s sustainable economic
growth.
Faris Awartani, chair of the FTTH
Council Europe Middle East group,
declared that the success of this
event would encourage the “Middle
East group to intensify its efforts to
further promote FTTH, with studies of
regional market opportunities and
better information about FTTH and its
benefits to society, the economy and
the environment.”
The next FTTH Middle East
conference will be held in 2010.
FTTH Council Europe – Belgium
Fax: +32 2503 2277
Email:
Website:
Inaugural FTTH
conference The 2009 (58th) International Wire and
Cable and Connectivity Conference
took place in Charlotte, NC, with
nearly 1,100 attendees, 124 exhibitors,
nine professional development
courses and 108 technical papers.
The papers presented included new
and emerging technologies in
materials, cable design, applications,
and connectivity. Delegates from 32
countries and nearly half of the States
participated.
The 59th IWCS conference is
scheduled for 7th to 10th November
2010, and will be held in Providence,
Rhode Island. The call for papers will
be issued early in 2010, and exhibition
sales are already underway. The show
will be back in Charlotte in 2011.
International Wire & Cable
Symposium – USA
Fax: +1 732 389 0991
Website:
Charlotte is 58th IWCS success