FTTH Innovation Awards

Ready to meet the frontrunners in FTTH innovation? The FTTH Innovation Awards recognise the most advanced FTTH-related product solutions presented by exhibitors of the FTTH Conference 2025.


Innovation aligned to the
FTTH Council Europe mission 

The FTTH Innovation Awards are a new set of awards which recognise the most innovative FTTH technology product solutions that support the FTTH Council Europe's key objectives, namely: accelerating fibre roll-out, reducing cost and making roll-out more efficient, promoting sustainable technologies, providing originality and enhanced user experience, encouraging greater take up of fibre optic services, saving maintenance costs. Following the great success of their first edition at the last FTTH Conference in Berlin in 2024, FTTH Conference 2025 exhibitors have had the chance to nominate their innovative FTTH product solutions and services as candidates for the FTTH Innovation Awards 2025. After a first round of judging, Board Members and Committee Chairs of the FTTH Council Europe shortlisted down to three finalists in each of the six category:

  1. Passive Infrastructure  

  2. Active infrastructure – Central network 

  3. Active infrastructure – Home network 

  4. Planning, workflow, mapping/GIS software

  5. Installation Equipment, Tools, Test & Measurement Instruments  

  6. And the newly introduced Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Other Software


    Shortlisted Product Solutions

Take a moment to review all shortlisted product solutions for the six FTTH Innovation Awards categories. While the final winners will be presented on the main conference room on Thursday 27th March, attendees will have the chance to experience and learn more about the shortlisted solutions during the two-day exhibition on 26-27 March. Browse the exhibition floorplan to locate all exhibitor stands and look for the special flag banners and "FTTH innovation Awards" stickers while in RAI Amsterdam, to identify the shortlisted products!

Category 1 - Passive infrastructure

Pushlok® Multifiber 

Pushlok® Multifiber 

Explore the next generation of drops and terminals which can be installed where others can’t - enabling scalable, faster, lower cost fiber network roll out. The new Evolv® Solution with Pushlok® Technology is the innovation you can trust when deployments are ramping up.

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REVOLink3

REVOLink3

Introducing another innovation by Emtelle, the Ultimate Drop cable solution: reliable, cost-efficient, and versatile solutions. 

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Nanomodule ultra lightweight (ULW) fibre cable (UND1344)

Nanomodule ultra lightweight (ULW) fibre cable (UND1344)

Aerial cables are limited to a 7 mm diameter, restricting capacity to 48 fibres with traditional ULW construction. ACOME’s patented Nanomodule technology removes this constraint, allowing greater capacity while maintaining 12x250µm modules and the 7 mm diameter.

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Category 2 – Active Infrastructure - Central Network

SDX 6405

SDX 6405

A high-capacity, non-blocking SDX 6400 Series of 50Gbit/s passive optical network (50G PON) optical line terminals (OLTs), effectively pioneering a new era in fiber access technology

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Mira Remote OLT (rOLT)

Mira Remote OLT (rOLT)

A cost-effective remote optical line terminal (rOLT) for deep access deployment and FTTP. Bridge the digital divide with the rOLT for rapid deployment of 10G symmetrical FTTH/P broadband services.

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Lightspan MF

Lightspan MF

The Nokia Lightspan MF is the industry’s first family of software-defined fiber access nodes designed to provide non-blocking delivery of massive scale, high-speed broadband services with 25G PON, 50G PON and beyond.

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Category 3 – Active Infrastructure - Home Network

EE6601-00 tri band gateway

EE6601-00 tri band gateway

The Zyxel EE6601-00 Tri-Band Wireless BE19000 10G Ethernet VoIP Gateway with SFP+ leverages the latest wireless 802.11be (Wi-Fi 7) technology to optimize bandwidth utilization, effectively boosting network capacity with ultra-fast connectivity.

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Return to Nature: An Ecosystem of 'Wood Fibre to the Home'

Return to Nature: An Ecosystem of 'Wood Fibre to the Home'

Data rates up to 10 Gbps come with the XGS-PON home gateways of the Iskratel Innbox X-series.

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Nokia and Vodafone partnership on L4S

Nokia and Vodafone partnership on L4S

L4S seeks to improve end-to-end network performance by addressing queuing delay, the single largest and most frequently overlooked cause of latency and latency variation, reducing it to near-zero value.

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Category 4 - Planning, Workflow, Mapping/GIS Software

FTTH Smart Capture Suite

FTTH Smart Capture Suite

The comprehensive solution for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) projects. This suite is designed to reduce errors and rework, ensuring your projects are completed with precision and efficiency.

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JetPlanner 4.0

JetPlanner 4.0

JetPlanner 4.0 is a Digital Service that allows you to simulate the installation of cables in ducts and on rollers, for single cable, bundle of cables and also in occupied ducts. This is the only solution that simulates accurately cable installation for all the usual cable installation methods and considering all the relevant physical phenomena.

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Network Revenue Optimizer

Network Revenue Optimizer

Transformative FTTx near-net estimating software, helping sales engineers rapidly deliver digital quotes, real-world routes and increased ROI.

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Category 5 - Installation Equipment, Tools, Test & Measurement Instruments

OptiJet Automatic

OptiJet Automatic

A cutting-edge technology for optical fibre micro-cables and fiber units Ø 1.5 to 8 mm and ducts OD 3 to 16 mm. Available in three variants, the OptiJet™OptiJet™ Reporting and OptiJet™ Automatic help you to push ever further the boundaries of a world that connects at the speed of light.

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ALM deep PON assurance

ALM deep PON assurance

What makes our ALM so unique is its size and its cost. Until recently, such technology was either too expensive, too large or too impractical. Now, this small device is changing things in a big way, as it makes effective, real-time fiber assurance of access and metro networks affordable to all operator.

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DropDrive™ Patent: Pending

DropDrive™ Patent: Pending

Engineered to maximize efficiency, the DropDrive™ empowers operators to achieve unprecedented push distances of up to 300 metres (984 ft) with ease—distances previously unattainable in the telecommunications industry.

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Category 6 - Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and other software

Visual AI Platform

Visual AI Platform

Unleash the power of Computer Vision: a powerful visual AI platform, to automate quality control during your field operations. Enhance cost-efficiency and productivity by empowering your field workers to get the job done right the first time, streamlining your business processes.

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AI Passive Network Inventory

AI Passive Network Inventory

This AI technology identifies street assets like poles and cabinets, creating a detailed inventory that eliminates manual work and ensures data consistency. It helps optimize maintenance, streamline asset management, and support data-driven decisions for a more efficient network.

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In Control

In Control

Gain overview, control, and insight into large-scale (underground) systems. A platform and an app map out all the data for you. In 3D, of course. And with photos. Every second. 

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Who will win?

Join us for the FTTH Innovation Awards ceremony at 15:00 on Thursday 27th March 2025, where the winners of each category will be revealed in front of hundreds of delegates!

Shortlisted companies and selection of winners

Shortlisted companies and selection of winners

The judging panel is made up of experts from the world of FTTH, including FTTH Council Europe Board Members, Committee Chairs and Conference and Workshop Speakers for the FTTH Conference 2025.  

There will be two rounds of voting to define the final winners:  

  1. Shortly after 29th November 2024, FTTH Council Europe Board Members and Committee Chairs will judge and shortlist the final three products/services in each category.  Shortlisted companies will be announced publicly before 17th  January 2025

  2. By 17th February 2025, the Conference and Workshop speakers will then be invited to vote over 10 days for the winner of each category (allowing 4 weeks before the Conference 2025)

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A new way to discover the latest FTTH technology advancements

A new way to discover the latest FTTH technology advancements

The FTTH Innovation Awards complement our existing FTTH Awards and recognise the most innovative FTTH products and solutions that are shaping Europe’s digital future and contributing to FTTH Council Europe objectives.  

How to find shortlisted exhibitors

How to find shortlisted exhibitors

Shortlisted companies will receive exposure through press releases and other promotional materials and may also feature special flag banners in front of their exhibition stand to advertise themselves as shortlisted for one of the six FTTH Innovation Awards. FTTH Council Europe will also produce "Shortlisted for FTTH Innovation Awards" stickers to be applied to products on exhibition stands. 

 

 

Nominations
and judging
timings 

3rd October 2024 

NOMINATIONS OPEN

 

29th November 2024 

NOMINATIONS CLOSE

 

Shortly after 29th November

1st Round of judging: Board Members and Committee Chairs of the FTTH Council Europe shortlist down to final three in each category

 

By 14th February 2025 

Shortlisted Products listed on FTTH Conference 2025 website

 

By 21st February 2025

2nd and final round of judging by Conference and Workshop Speakers

 

By 28th February 2025

Confidential confirmation to category winners 

 

Thursday 27th March 2025

Results of awards announced

Marcus Benson
Conference & Membership Director

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