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Jan 03, 2018
1 min

Was 2017 Really the Year of NG-PON2?

We started out the year believing that 2017 was the year of NG-PON2. And yes, NG-PON2 made great strides towards deployment over the course of 2017. 

At the beginning of the year, optics vendors were still discussing how they would even achieve compliance and there were concerns that it wouldn’t be cost effective to deploy. However, as we embark on 2018 and look back on 2017, it is clear things have progressed significantly. 

Hear from industry analyst and NG-PON2 market expert Julie Kuntsler of Ovum about the latest advancements that show NG-PON2 will be the technology of choice moving forward. 

Vice President, Field Partner Marketing, Calix

Teresa McGaughey is the area vice president field and BSP segment marketing at Calix. With over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry with a focus on the access network in software development, product management, sales, and marketing—as well as a patent in router-on-a-chip technology—Teresa has extensive knowledge of what it takes to make networks work from a global perspective. She holds a B.S. in Computer Science. 

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