FFB Week 28 – The North American PON Equipment and Vendor Market – Supporting Growth, Upgrades, Diversity, and Sustainability

By 2028 the North American PON equipment market is forecast to reach $6.4bn, a 25% CAGR from 2021. Next-gen PON will support FTTH, enterprise services, xHaul transport, smart city applications, aggregation, and private networks. The diversity of subscriber types and applications are creating new opportunities for the ecosystem, leading to an expanding supply of OLT vendor solutions. This means more choice for North American operators. 25G PON is here today, 50G PON is coming soon, and there are development efforts around 100G and 200G PON. The ecosystem, from component vendors to operators, is focusing on sustainability, and PON is delivering amazing results. This brief presentation will provide an overview of the fiber access equipment and vendor market with a focus on North America.

Webinar Presenter:

Julie Kunstler, Chief Analyst, Broadband Access Intelligence Service, Omdia – Informa Tech

Julie Kunstler is Chief Analyst within Omdia’s Broadband Access Intelligence Service. Julie has several decades of experience in the communications components, equipment, and software industry. She is responsible for market analysis of wireline and wireless broadband access technologies and networks, focusing on next-gen PON, including 25G and 50G. Julie has worked as an executive, investor, and board member for communications companies. Having served in these numerous roles, she understands what it takes for new communications technologies to be deployed in large numbers, across multiple geographies, and for different applications and customer types. Prior to joining Omdia, Julie served as VP Business Development for Teknovus, focusing on FTTP deployments in Asia-Pacific, OEM agreements, corporate strategy, analyst relationships, business planning, and fund raising.