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Gimme Fibre Day on 4 November

People all over the world will participate in the inaugural Gimme Fibre Day, an annual 'event' jointly created by the FTTH Councils Global Alliance to celebrate the only future-proof solution and showcase how fibre has positively impacted communities across the world.

The date for this annual celebration of fibre optics was selected because it corresponds with the birthday of Nobel Prize winner Sir Charles Kuen Kao, the man who changed the way the world communicates. Sir Kao was jointly awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "ground-breaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibres for optical communication".

Organise your own Gimme Fibre activity

Let us know what you are up to. We invite you to organise events, product launches, special customer offers, etc. Just send us the details (download form here) by e-mail to gimmefibre@ftthcouncil.eu or complete the online form and your event will feature in our Gimme Fibre Day programme.

If you are on  you can also post on I want Fibre page.

FTTH Council Europe's activities

We at the FTTH Council Europe will of course do a lot of additional activities to celebrate the Gimme Fibre Day. This will include:

• A dedicated online streaming TV channel with videos, interviews and round table discussions about FTTH. You are invited to send us videos about FTTH and the impact of FTTH!
• Our website www.gimmefibre.eu will be THE portal to all activities in Europe - if you plan an activity, make sure you let us know - we are happy to add it on the website
• We will do several press activities on and around the Gimme Fibre Day. This includes a joint press release of all five global FTTH Councils
• We will do a dedicated campaign about the benefits of FTTH on the Gimme Fibre Day. A special email-blast to selected decision-makers in Europe will remind them about the importance of FTTH

To make the Gimme Fibre Day a success, we need YOU. Be creative and plan you special activity on the 4 November to tell the world:

Gimme Fibre Day

The event has grown every year and reached more than 3000 attendees in London in February 2013. For 2014, we expect another increase.

Attendees profiles: European Commission's decision makers, national governments and municipalities; operators' (incumbents, alternative operators, utility companies) management level; investment banks, financing institutions; service and application providers' management level; analysts and industry experts; technical experts, operators and academia.

The attendance to this event is expected to be high from the Europeans, coming to Sweden to see, how FTTH was implemented. It is expected up to 2500 international guests in Stockholm for the conference.

FTTH Council MENA Conference & Exhibition 2013

FTTH Council MENA is pleased to invite you to the 5th edition of its annual Conference and Exhibition which will be held under the Patronage of the Moroccan Ministry of Industry, Trade and New Technologies on 27 and 28 November 2013 in Marrakech, Morocco.

The conference agenda includes a whole host of analysis and case studies for operators and business projects. It provides a platform for discussion of a number of related technical and regulatory subjects and and exhibition will be organized on the sidelines of the conference to explore the latest telecom innovations.

Running up to the conference, a workshop that tackles several issues related to FTTH roll out will be held on the 26th of November titled; “Building the Business Case FTTX: Real-World, Best Practice for the Region” with the participation of a number of regional international fiber optics experts.

FTTH Council Conference 2013

The objective of this year’s Conference is to provide a forum where representatives from all spheres of telecommunications industry can meet and discuss the most recent advances in the industry, but also consider the future and effective preparation.

The theme of the 2013 Conference is “The Future is in our hands” and we believe that the setting in the Cradle of Humankind (Maropeng) provides a perfect platform to reflect, but more than that, to consider the future from a multi-faceted lens.

We look forward to bringing to you the next generation of broadband users and to learn from them how to provision for their future needs. We look to a generation that only knows an ‘always on, always available’ world. This age group of users will allow us to take a peek at life as they know it, but more than that, the future they expect us to enable on their behalf.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 2013 conference of the FTTH Council Africa.