{"id":8839,"date":"2026-04-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=8839"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:00:00","slug":"ftth-conference-2026-highlights-europes-fibre-momentum-and-celebrates-industry-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.telecomstalk.com\/?p=8839","title":{"rendered":"FTTH Conference 2026 Highlights Europe\u2019s Fibre Momentum and Celebrates Industry Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftthconference.eu\/\">FTTH Conference 2026<\/a> has successfully concluded, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and investors to assess progress and priorities for Europe\u2019s fibre future. Discussions confirmed steady momentum in fibre roll-out, alongside a growing focus on adoption, investment sustainability, and enabling regulatory frameworks. Key topics also included the strategic role of fibre as backbone infrastructure for data centres interconnectivity, network resilience and cybersecurity, cloud applications, and technologies of the future like artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>The event also provided the stage to recognise excellence across the sector through the FTTH Awards and FTTH Innovation Awards 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>FTTH Awards 2026 Winners:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual Award \u2013 Trevor Linney, Network Technology Director at Openreach<\/li>\n<li>Operator Award \u2013 Netomnia (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li>Champion of Diversity Award \u2013 SIRO (Ireland)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>FTTH Innovation Awards 2026 Winners:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Passive Infrastructure \u2013 Homes Passed+Featuring FiberMag by Emtelle<\/li>\n<li>Active Infrastructure Central Network &#8211; Multi-PON line card LLLT-A by Nokia<\/li>\n<li>Active Infrastructure Home Network &#8211; SDG 8000 and 9000 Series mesh Wi-Fi solutions by Adtran<\/li>\n<li>Planning, Workflow, Mapping\/GIS Software &#8211; NET Scan by TKI<\/li>\n<li>Installation Equipment, Tools, Test &amp; Measurement &#8211; FTB-Lite Series by EXFO<\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence &amp; Software &#8211; Mosaic One Clarity by Adtran<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Commenting on the event, FTTH Council Europe President Francesco Nonno said: \u201cThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftthconference.eu\/\">FTTH Conference 2026<\/a> confirms that Europe is facing the last phase of fiber coverage and of migration from copper to fiber, which is proving difficult in a number of countries. Policy choices, such as copper switch off, are much welcomed to accelerate this process, while the focus is clearly shifting towards building resilient, future-proof networks that will underpin Europe\u2019s digital decade\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The FTTH Council Europe now looks ahead to the next edition of the event, FTTH Conference 2027, taking place from 16\u201318 March 2027 at MiCo Milan, Italy, where the industry will continue to shape the future of fibre connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FTTH Conference 2026 has successfully concluded, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and investors to assess progress and priorities for Europe\u2019s fibre future. Discussions confirmed steady momentum in fibre roll-out, alongside a growing focus on adoption, investment sustainability, and enabling regulatory frameworks. 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