The Fiber to the Home Council was established in July 2001 as the result of efforts lead by Alcatel-Lucent, Corning Incorporated and Optical Solutions.  The Council’s charter and continued mandate is the education, promotion and acceleration of fiber to the home throughout North America. Original membership included companies from telecommunications, computing, networking, system integration and content-provider businesses, as well as traditional telecommunications service providers, utilities, municipalities and real estate developers.