FTTH Council Europe Names ADTRAN’s Ronan Kelly as New President
April 28 2016 - 5:30AM
Business Wire
Kelly to spearhead efforts focusing on
operators, accelerating fibre deployments and evangelizing FTTH and
its economic benefits
ADTRAN®, Inc., (NASDAQ:ADTN), today announced Ronan Kelly, CTO
for the EMEA & APAC Regions at ADTRAN, was appointed President
of the Fibre To The Home (FTTH) Council Europe. Kelly previously
held the role of Treasurer for the 124 member company organization
and becomes the eighth president of the council since its creation
in 2004. Among other duties, Kelly will spearhead advocacy for the
group, focusing on the role FTTH deployments play in the modern
European economy and the globally connected marketplace. Kelly will
also promote how fibre technology is enabling a flow of new
operator services to enhance the quality of life, contribute to a
better environment and increase economic competitiveness.
As President, Kelly will take the lead on several initiatives
set by the FTTH Council Europe, including supporting ongoing
European FTTH rollouts and educating the market about the economic
benefits delivered when communities and homes are connected to
fibre. This is especially important in some parts of Europe where
FTTH is just beginning to gain market share, including:
- Ireland where less than 4,000 new FTTH
customers were connected in the first nine months of 2015;
- Croatia, Germany and Poland that
recently attained the 1% threshold the FTTH Council Europe uses to
track leading economies in Europe with FTTH deployments; and
- Austria, the U.K. and Belgium all of
whom have yet to meet the 1% threshold for inclusion in the recent
council report.
As part of the ongoing work of the FTTH Council Europe, Kelly
will look to push for accelerated fibre deployments into 2017 and
beyond as the FTTH market adopts a more business-friendly stance to
broadband policies.
“We have seen the transformative effects fibre deployments have
had for businesses and communities worldwide, and we will continue
to facilitate that change throughout Europe,” said Ronan Kelly.
“That starts with providing broadband stakeholders and operators
the necessary resources to deliver critical broadband services to
those who require them, something the FTTH Council Europe is
uniquely qualified to do.”
To learn more about those elected to the board and committees of
the FTTH Council Europe, please visit
http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/about-us/about-us/people.
About ADTRAN
ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and
communications equipment. ADTRAN’s products enable voice, data,
video and Internet communications across a variety of network
infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by service
providers, private enterprises, government organizations, and
millions of individual users worldwide. For more information,
please visit www.adtran.com.
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