Webinars

The Fiber Broadband Association and its members offer learning opportunities through webinars, which are open to the public unless otherwise specified. Interested in presenting a webinar? Learn more.

Year of 10G

Tuesday, June 25, 2:00 p.m. EDT

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Today’s network planners and operators must choose what to invest in amid a complex, evolving landscape of fiber broadband technologies. They need to make the right decisions from a cost standpoint and identify architectural solutions that can best “future-proof” their network to meet the demands of their communities and subscribers for many years to come.

The webinar will cover:

• Benefits of deploying 10 Gigabit PON 
• Guidance on monetizing the subscriber edge
• How to support current service needs
• The ability to scale economically

Speaker: Kurt Raaflaub, Head of Strategic Solutions Marketing, ADTRAN

Kurt Raaflaub leads ADTRAN’s strategic solutions marketing, and has more than 20 years’ experience in telecom. He has global solutions marketing responsibility for the areas of SDN/NFV, Gigabit Broadband, and Customer Connectivity directed at the residential, enterprise and mobile access markets. Prior to his current position, Raaflaub was responsible for directing ADTRAN’s Broadband, Carrier Ethernet and Packet Optical solutions marketing activities within ADTRAN’s Carrier Networks Division. In 2006, he joined ADTRAN from Nortel where for over a decade, he held various roles focused on marketing and managing new disruptive market opportunities.

Be a Hero at Layer Zero: GIS for Fiber Network Management

Thursday, July 25, 2:00 p.m. EDT

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This webinar, presented by Will Mitchell and Steven Marchessault of VETRO FiberMap, will cover the most effective means of planning, designing, building, managing, and selling your fiber broadband network using GIS data and technology. Fiber management GIS platforms are essential for designing and managing modern broadband networks, as GIS data fuels the fundamental process of locating the unserved or underserved. Additionally, the geography of broadband investment and grant funding is changing rapidly as state and federal programs target rural and last mile builds. By merging demand with design, network builders can expand infrastructure in a highly targeted manner while compiling critical outside plant documentation. We will take a tour of some GIS data resources, explore local and national data sets, and tie it all back to the actual network infrastructure mapping process.

This webinar is for:

● Outside plant engineers designing fiber networks
● Executives of companies developing networks
● Anyone interested in telecom mapping

You will learn about:

● The essentials of GIS data integration
● The time-saving benefits of design automation
● The importance of location data

Presenters:
Will Mitchell is the Co-Founder and CEO of VETRO FiberMap. He focuses on building the VETRO FiberMap team, platform strategy, partnerships, sales and marketing. Will is a GIS professional with 25 years of applied technical experience, and an educational background that includes an M.S. in Geography from George Mason University, and a B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Steven Marchessault leads the VETRO FiberMap customer service and technical support team. He holds a B.S. in Biology from the University of Maine, and his experience includes service and technical support in Industrial Automation software, agriculture and emergency services.

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