February News Roundup

3. European FTTH investments could see improvement
Despite continued growth in FTTH deployments, European nations still rank low in global FFTH efforts. Total Telecom reported that many Western European nations lag behind Eastern, with an even more significant gap between Europe and countries such as South Korea, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. The FTTH Council Europe has announced its desire to see growth in this segment, and hopes that more nations across Europe will qualify for fiber market maturity classification soon. FTTH growth reached about 29 percent in 2013 - nearly double the growth rate of the previous year.

4. Two standards development projects approved by IEEE
The IEEE recently approved two new standards development projects, PC37.247 and PC37.248. These projects will focus on improved Phasor Data Concentrators for power systems and common formatting for naming Intelligent Electronic Devices, respectively. Both efforts will help to drive overall smart grid functionality and growth by enhancing the locating and testing of faults and critical operation errors across a network. These standards will help drive commonality in infrastructure and naming conventions.

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