T213
May 29, 14:15 – 14:45
Topic: "Challenges to FTTx: Meeting the Emerging Requirement”
Speaker: Mr Tidd Zhang, Market Development Director, Corning Telecommunications (Greater China)

Abstract
As “Copper-out, Optical-in” being recognized by the industry, as well as more bandwidth being required, FTTx has been the most reasonable approach to address those requirements. In this talk, we will share Corning experience on FTTx and review three critical areas concerned by world leading service providers. With various network architectures, emerging challenges and requirements for fiber, cable, hardware/equipment will be reviewed. FTTx planners and designers must pay attention and overcome these in term of FTTx investment and deployment. We will review product solutions for FTTx networks allow service providers to deploy their systems with faster, easier, and more reliable than ever before.

Speaker Biography
Tidd Zhang, Market Development Director, Corning Telecommunications (Greater China)

Tidd Zhang, Director of Market Development & Engineering, locating in Shanghai, in charge of Corning Telecommunication product solutions marketing promotion in Great China. He is responsible for developing new end user customers, system house customers as well as promoting Corning Telecommunication product solutions value proposition.

Tidd has been with Corning since July 1999. Prior to this, he worked for Shanghai R&D Center for Fiber Optical Tec. as a project manager focus on fiber optics and optical/electronic signal processing.

Tidd holds a Master of Science in photoelectron and an Executive Master of Business Administration.<back>