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The Customer By Vincent Goleret, Senior Product Line Specialist Multiports and Drops, Corning Optical Communications Connection

In a competitive environment in which access to market and capturing customers is key, reliability and speed are critical. The modularity and simplicity of the hardened connector in a pre-terminated fibre cabling distribution system can accelerate customer coverage with minimal capital investment.

Today’s broadband is a life-changing catalyst and compelling business enabler – increasing prosperity, spurring growth and improving services from education to healthcare. Our increasing consumption of media- rich content, often through streaming and downloading video to multiple devices in the home, effectively drives the demand for higher bandwidth and super-fast fibre-based broadband access. Just how widespread is the trend towards streamed content over the internet? Take a look at Netflix: as of October 2016, the service boasted 86 million subscribers worldwide, including more than 47 million in the United States. 1 This figure is significantly higher than cable and satellite television network giant HBO’s 32 million U.S. subscribers. 2 1 17 October 2016, Netflix, Q316 Letter to share holders, http://files.shareholder. com/downloads/NFLX/2992434071x0x912075/700E14FD-12BE-4C3A-9283- 9A975C7FE549/FINAL_Q3_Letter.pdf 2 13 August 2016, Business Insider, Here's what Time Warner's CEO thinks about Netflix, HBO, and the future of cable TV http://uk.businessinsider.com/ time-warners-ceo-netflix-hbo-the-future-of-cable-tv-2016-8

Vincent Goleret, Senior Product Line Specialist Multiports and Drops, Corning Optical Communications

Vincent Goleret holds a Master’s degree in economics

with a specialisation in “Design and Quality” from IAE Nancy. Before working as a senior product line specialist for FTTH pre-connectorised multiports and drop solutions, he was senior product line specialist, fibre optic joining point. Goleret leads product developments for FTTH ranging from field-installable connectors for emerging markets to pre-connectorised solutions for major telcos.

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Vol. 38 No. 4 - November 2016 Issue