2nd Dark Fibre Convention Brings Focus to Sustained Market Growth, and New Investment across Emerging Markets

Companies engaged in provisioning, supplying and using Dark Fibre internationally, will meet in London 5-6 November, at the annual Dark Fibre Convention (www.darkfibreconvention.com)

The international convention will assess a wide range of issues including the increased deployment occurring at metro, access, rural and national level and funding mechanisms. The event will also act as a forum for recommendations and regulatory changes that the industry sees as necessary, assess investment is a core theme and the perspective of Dark Fibre as an asset, and its ROI, review the Dark Fibre cost stack and its impact on pricing strategies, and look in detail at customer segments, and geographic areas offering new growth opportunities including central and eastern Europe, Balkans and Turkey and Africa.

The forum also features a special pre-conference workshop assessing the essentials of Dark Fibre on 4th November.

Industry support for a Dark Fibre networking hub has grown over the past two years, where companies and users engaged in this very focused sector can meet and hear directly from senior representatives and thought leaders.

The event will provide a content rich programme designed to deliver insight into growth occurring in the sector with original research presentations, top level case studies from CxOs, VPs and Directors, and open the opportunity for attendees to have access to a wide range of national and international networking opportunities.

BroadGroup research has revealed an increased emphasis on the importance of dark fibre as the Internet confronts overload events, particularly with the exponential increase in video downloads.

“The supply side remains limited in many areas,” commented Philip Low, managing director at BroadGroup. “It is therefore encouraging that market entry by innovative new players continues to demonstrate vigour in this specialised sector. Combined with significant growth forecasts for emerging markets and new technological solutions, the argument for investment in dark fibre is extremely convincing. The 2nd Dark Fibre Convention will bring together all the stakeholders involved in defining this sustained market opportunity.”

A raft of speakers including leadership in companies currently deploying new networks will be included in the programme. The event will be held at the America Square Conference Centre in London. For further information please contact enquiries@broad-group.com