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Outside Plant Considerations: Digging in as BEAD Doles Out

Key Considerations for Regional and National Network Builds

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM CT
Location: Canal E
Deployment
From FTTH or Middle Mile, the goal is to better serve communities, people, and places with fiber broadband as the universal connector. Innovation and opportunity go hand-in-hand, and fiber broadband is a key enabler of economic growth and disruption. We’ve seen operators launch 10G and 25G residential, business and campus services, but where does fiber broadband go next? How can operators, vendors and the broader ecosystem continue to push the limits of light and spectrum to deliver more comprehensive and immersive customer experiences? This panel will look into the future, both near term and onto what’s on the horizon as the industry pushes services and applications into what comes next.