Would Create 200,000 Additional Jobs Annually Through 2015 Read more...

While Fiber to the Home deployments continue to grow worldwide in many economies, the G-20 states lag behind. Just seven of them made it into the latest FTTH/B Ranking of the Global FTTH Councils. Read more...

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a national organization dedicated to expanding the deployment of high speed all-fiber networks, will convene a workshop in Raleigh, NC on March 24 to discuss the Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan (NBP). Read more...

WASHINGTON - The vast majority of the federal government's latest broadband stimulus grants are aimed at bringing direct fiber connections to rural communities, according to the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a non-profit group that promotes next-generation broadband. Read more...

(WASHINGTON) - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading trade association for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, and the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council today jointly filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging that the Cbeyond Petition to reverse course on long-standing and successful Commission policies concerning fiber unbundling be denied. Read more...

WASHINGTON - Should the Federal Commission decide to adopt so-called "net neutrality" rules, it is essential that broadband Internet service providers be permitted to engage in reasonable network management practices so that they can maintain the highest level of service quality, according to a brief filed with the Commission by the Fiber-to-the-Home Council. Read more...

Fiber to the Premises Involved in Majority of Last Mile Projects Receiving Recovery Act Grants and Loans

WASHINGTON - The first broadband stimulus grants and loans made under the Recovery Act indicate that the agencies responsible for those programs are looking to fiber optic solutions to meet the goals of job creation and economic development, according to the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council. Read more...

WASHINGTON - The Fiber-to-the-Home Council, a non-profit association of technology companies and telecommunications service providers, today commended Congressman Rick Boucher's (D-VA) call for the National Broadband Plan to set specific targets for widespread availability of very high-speed broadband within five years. Read more...

WASHINGTON - As world leaders head to Copenhagen this week for the climate summit, a non-profit association of technology companies and telecommunications service providers says that accelerating direct fiber optic connections to homes and businesses has broad potential for advancing global climate change solutions. Read more...

ATLANTA, GA - The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a non-profit organization of 200 companies and other organizations dedicated to expanding the deployment of all-fiber, next-generation networks, has elected five candidates to seats on its board of directors. Read more...