GPON and Cable Day
06/17/2021
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Welcome to the Ibis GPON and Cable day!
During this live-streaming event, you will have the opportunity to catch the latest market trends in the field of GPON, XGSPON and Cable, presented to you directly by top technical experts from VIAVI Solutions and IBIS INSTRUMENTS. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn new things, network, and talk directly with our distinguished speakers on various topics.

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Agenda
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GPON & Cable / Part 1
GPON & Cable / Part 1
GPON & Cable / Part 1

10:00 – 10:30

Introducing a NEW Fujikura 90S+ Core Alignment Fusion Splicer - Markku St.John

o   Active Blade Management Technology

o   Active Fusion Control Technology

o   Other features

10:30 – 11:15

GPON - Branislav Barta

o   Trends in Access Optical Networks

o   Is G-PON obsolete?

o   XGS-PON and new 25G-PON/50G-PON

o   NG-PON2 deployment blockers

o   Viavi solutions

Start
10:00 AM
End
11:15 AM
Speakers
Branislav Bárta
Markku St John
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Start
11:15 AM
End
11:30 AM
GPON & Cable / Part 2
GPON & Cable / Part 2

GPON & Cable / Part 2

 

11:30 – 12:15

HFC - Yvan Frosio

o   Deploying and Maintaining CATV Network Transition

o   Ensure QoE and Net Promoter Score do not suffer during Upstream and downstream transition

o   Evolution of XPERTrak HFC Service Assurance

o   New StrataSync CATV Analytic dashboard to aggregate test results

o   New leakage test application and process

o   B2C WiFi service check with ONX-220

o   Other enhancements for CATV ONX instruments

 

12:15 – 12:45

FTTX Last Mile Test Options - Why Test? - Syd Kassim

o   FTTX Last Mile Test Options - Why Test?

o   VIAVI solutions

o   Power Meters

o   Fault Finding Optimeter

o   Service Testing - Companion (NSC-100)

o   Cloud Based Workflow/ Job Manager

Start
11:30 AM
End
1:15 PM
Speakers
Syd Kassim
Yvan Frosio
Speakers
GPON & CABLE

Branislav Bárta

Senior Solution Engineer - CEE Technical Support VIAVI Solutions

Branislav Bárta has been active in the telecommunications sector since graduating from the Slovak Technical University with Master's degree in Telecommunication Engineering in 1984. In the early years of his career, he worked at different positions at Slovak Telecom AG untill 1991. During his time at Slovak Telecom AG, Branislav worked also as guest lecturer at Slovak Technical University for 6 years. Since 1991, Branislav has been working at Viavi Solutions Austria GmbH (formerly W&G, WWG, Acterna, JDSU) as senior solution engineer for the last 15 years. He is in charge of technical support of Viavi sales offices and sales partners in CEE and CIS region, with emphasis on fiber optics and access technology.

Markku St John

European Business Development Manager Fusion Splicer Division, Fujikura Europe Ltd

Markku joined Fujikura Europe in 2009 as a Sales Executive for electronic components and in 2013 transferred to the Fusion Splicer division.  He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and has extensive experience working as a European Development Manager supporting Fujikura’s network of channel partners across Europe.

Syd Kassim

Regional PLM For Essential Fiber Instruments (EMEA), VIAVI Solutions

Trained as an Electronics and Radio engineer with the British Military, serving for 24 years. Within that time, he supported a wide variety of communication systems, including Satellite comms, telephone systems, radio systems and secure comms.

After leaving the Army, he was an accredited installer and trainer for Nokia, Nortel, Ericsson and Marconi SDH systems for 6 years. 

For the last 14 years, he has been part of the JDSU/VIAVI team, specializing in copper/xDSL/cable (DOCSIS3.1) and fibre systems. His current focus is within the FTTx last mile arena. He has supported many service providers across EMEA in the deployment and maintenance of FTTx networks, with the main focus now on 10G XGS-PON networks.

Yvan Frosio

EMEA Solution Engineer, HFC Test Instruments & Systems VIAVI Solutions

Yvan Frosio is an EMEA Solution Engineer at VIAVI since 1995. He is specialized in HFC Test Instruments & Systems. Located in Bern Switzerland, Yvan successfully supports VIAVI’s customers and channel partners with in-depth technical knowledge on a wide rage of wireline technologies.

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