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 PUBLIC  NOTICE  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  St.,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  News  Media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  TTY:  1-  888-  835-  5322 
 DA:  03-  2365 
 Released:  July  18,  2003 


 Tutorial  on  Fiber-  to-  the-  Home  Technology 
 The  FCC’s  Office  of  Engineering  and  Technology  is  sponsoring  a  tutorial  on  “Fiber-  to-  the-Home  Technology”  on  August  7,  2003  from  10:  00  to  12:  00  noon  in  the  Commission  Meeting 
 Room  (TW-  C305),  445  th  12  th  Street  S.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
 Mr.  Jim  Farmer,  Vice  President  of  the  Fiber-  to-  the-  Home  (FTTH)  Council  and  CTO  of  Wave  7  Optics,  will  present  an  overview  of  Fiber-  to-  the-  Home  technology,  also  known  as  FTTH.  FTTH 
 generally  refers  to  the  practice  of  transmitting  information  or  data  as  light  particles  through  optical  fibers  between  a  service  provider  network  and  the  end-  user  premises.  This  presentation 
 is  intended  to  provide  a  broad  overview  of  the  characteristics  and  capabilities  of  FTTH  technology.  In  particular,  it  will  discuss  transport  options,  architectures,  standards,  technical 
 considerations,  and  the  fundamentals  of  optical  fiber.  In  addition,  Mr.  Leonard  Ray,  Chairman  of  the  Government  Relations  Committee  for  the  FTTH  Council,  will  present  a  brief  overview  of 
 current  applications  and  deployments  of  FTTH  in  North  America  and  other  areas  of  the  world. 
 Those  who  wish  to  attend  this  tutorial  will  be  seated  on  a  first-  come  first-  serve  basis,  and  no  reservations  are  necessary.  For  additional  information,  please  contact  Young  Carlson  at  202- 
 418-  2427,  TTY  202-  418-  2989,  Young.  Carlson@  fcc.  gov.  This  tutorial  will  be  broadcast  live  on  the  Internet  at  www.  fcc.  gov/  realaudio.  Videotapes  of  the  tutorial  may  be  purchased  from  the 
 FCC's  contract  copier,  the  CACI  Productions  Group,  341  Victory  Drive,  Herndon,  VA  20170  (telephone:  703-  834-  1470). 


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