FTTH Conference to Showcase Best-of-Breed FTTx Network Planning and Execution Software

GE, iToolsOnline and FiberPlanIT join forces for FTTx Network Deployments

Warsaw, Poland – February 3, 2015

GE, iToolsOnline and FiberPlanIT have joined forces to create an integrated software solution for FTTx network operators needing to drive down their CAPEX and OPEX spend. The solution will be showcased at the upcoming FTTH Conference in Warsaw, Poland.

The FTTH Conference is the largest FTTH event in the world and will be held in Warsaw’s international exhibition centre EXPO XXI from 10^th to 12^th February 2015.

The event will kick off at 1pm on 10^th February with a free ½ day workshop, entitled: Optimising network planning and roll-out of FTTx deployments.

This workshop is for anyone involved in ensuring the successful rollout of an FTTx project - either now or in the future. Its focus is on minimising CAPEX and OPEX spend, whilst ensuring on-time delivery of a high-quality network.

The workshop will include guest presenters from Alcatel-Lucent, eircom and GE’s Polish Value Added Reseller, Globema.

Solution Overview

The combined solution covers the end-to-end FTTx network management lifecycle – from planning & design, through to network build, and on to service fulfillment & assurance.

James Wheatley, Product Line Manager - Telecommunications at GE, explains the rationale behind the 3-way collaboration: “If you look at the network management lifecycle, our respective solutions complement each other perfectly; so bringing them together allows us to deliver a more comprehensive end-to-end solution. We’ve also seen that a lot of the operator’s data is common across our respective applications. With out-of the-box integration we’re therefore able to give the operator a much more efficient process and greater data integrity.”

According to Mark Simon, CEO at iToolsOnline, many network operators are failing to achieve the results they need from their FTTx deployments. “Network builds are high-risk undertakings,” says Mark. “Ill-prepared operators run the risk of overspending - on both CAPEX and OPEX – and failing to achieve the end-user uptake they need to deliver a positive ROI. Teaming up with GE and FiberPlanIT allows us to offer a solution that helps operators avoid the pitfalls of network deployments and make the best financial and operational decisions at each stage of the process.”

Raf Meersman, CEO at FiberPlanIT, explains some of the other challenges being faced: "Operators know that upgrading to FTTH is no longer a matter of if, but when. However, with so many architectures and topologies, they’re finding it difficult to select the most economical and future-proof network design. With FiberPlanIT, operators can fully prepare their strategic business case and design the FTTH network far more efficiently. FiberPlanIT delivers an 8% reduction in deployment costs and a 90% faster design time, thus enabling an easier switch to fibre."

Attendees are invited to visit booth # G27 for a demonstration of the solution.