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Fiber Broadband Association's Fiber Connect 2022 Proof of Concept Demonstrations Show How Fiber Goes FurtherAs the nation heads into a historic and transformative fiber broadband era, the Fiber Broadband Association today announced the Fiber Connect 2022 Proof of Concept (PoC) demonstrations that will take place on the Expo Hall Show Floor, June 13-14, 2022. The PoC Showcase features a series of collaborative projects from Fiber Broadband Association member companies and their partners demonstrating why fiber is more robust, reliable, and best-suited over alternative broadband technology options to support innovative broadband services and close the digital divide. Nine companies will participate in six different PoC demonstrations focused on the applications and services driving demand for unlimited capacity in the access network. "If capacity is unlimited, the possibilities are limitless and the PoC Showcase only scratches the surface of the possibilities enabled by fiber," said Gary Bolton, President and CEO at Fiber Broadband Association. "These demonstrations illustrate how fiber broadband is the only communication infrastructure capable of supporting the long-term connectivity goals of the nation's communities and the capacity-intensive services and applications consumers want and need in their daily lives." The Fiber Connect 2022 PoC demonstrations will showcase how operators can leverage the limitless capacity that fiber delivers to support applications such as smart city, smart home, telehealth, 5G, and IoT. Located in the Fiber Connect Expo Hall's Red Zone, the 2022 PoCs include:
Fiber Connect 2022 runs June 12 - 15 at Nashville's Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, and is where the industry will meet to discuss, debate, and share information and trends shaping a world of unlimited bandwidth with unlimited possibilities. The conference includes presentations from leading experts, policy and regulatory thought leaders, regulatory officials, think tanks, state broadband offices, leading service providers, municipal and utility broadband experts, and leading media and analysts. Fiber Connect 2022's knowledge-rich content also includes keynote speakers and panels from the government, non-profit, and industry leaders; pre-conference workshops; Fiber OpTIC Train the Trainer program; networking events; and a sold-out Expo show floor. Registration for Fiber Connect 2022 is now open and can be found here. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Lucy Green at [email protected]. Media and Analysts interested in attending should contact [email protected]. About the Fiber Broadband Association The Fiber Broadband Association is the largest and only trade association in the Americas dedicated to the pursuit of all- fiber-optic network infrastructure to the home, to the business, and to everywhere. The Fiber Broadband Association helps providers make informed decisions about how, where, and why to build better broadband networks with fiber optics while working with its members to lead the organization forward, collaborate with industry allies, and propel the deployment of fiber networks. Since 2001, these companies, organizations, and members have worked with communities and consumers in mind to build a better broadband future here and around the world. The Fiber Broadband Association is part of the Fibre Council Global Alliance which is a platform of six global FTTH Councils in North America, LATAM, Europe, MEA, APAC, and South Africa. Learn more at fiberbroadband.org.
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