This 3-hour session will focus on the proper design of FTTx point-to-point and point-to-multipoint passive optical networks (PON) with home-run, centralized, and distributed topologies....

Frontier's New Innovation Outside Plant Laboratory was built for the purpose of training, evaluating, developing, and testing both existing and new technologies in a real-world environment to help enhance and improve the Frontier...

This session outlines a systematic approach to achieving cybersecurity compliance with NIST guidelines. Covering a Compliance Roadmap, including assessing current controls, identifying gaps, and remediation steps, as well as practical steps for deploying the plan, such as budgeting, risk cataloging, supply chain management, and addressing operational challenges.

This session is designed to equip network professionals with a deeper understanding of DC Microgrid integration, efficiency optimization, and reliability enhancement. Through insightful discussions and analysis of case studies, gain practical insights into deploying, managing, and reaping the benefits of DC Microgrids within diverse network architectures.

This session will cover AI, 25G, 50G and beyond, connected device proliferation into the markets, and how these trends will impact the physical layer. Plays to designing networks with spare capacity, WDM strategies, network flexibility for future demand points, mobile edge compute, latency, quality of service, bandwidth, networks built to last many decades and to target TCO savings.

This session explores the power of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in bridging the digital divide. Learn how local governments and internet service providers are joining forces to build cutting-edge broadband networks. Learnings include insights to champion PPPs in your own community, tools and resources to navigate the grant process effectively, and more.

Learn about a nano-level remote-controlled directional drilling product developed in the Netherlands in 2021. The technology is being introduced to the North American market in 2024. The tool is intended for duct and pipe installations in applications where space is a major issue, such as road crossings, tree preservation, and stream crossings.

According to the EIA CBECS, there are over 5.9 million commercial buildings in the U.S., up 22% from 2003. Gain a high-level understanding of how to architect these elaborate in-building wireless communication networks, learn the different key stakeholders in the process, and the unique wireless communication challenges.

Delve into the profound world of effective management practices. Uncover practical strategies, insightful anecdotes, and thought-provoking examples to illuminate the path ahead. This session will equip you with the tools and knowledge to thrive in this diverse workplace, where success is not an individual achievement but a collective triumph.

Clearfield will share how it has worked to streamline its vertical supply chain, boost manufacturing and shipping capabilities, and present best practices that will ensure the customer is able to move forward on time and on budget.

Confusion remains on how and when "Build America, Buy America" (BABA) applies and how it impacts funding programs such as the Broadband, Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program. This session provides an understanding of the BABA statute and it’s implications, the complexities in navigating BABA across different government programs, and the different federal funding programs for broadband deployment with a specific deep dive into BEAD.

Cloud-native broadband networking for the mass market isn’t in the horizon, it’s here now! XGS PON fiber delivering 8.0 Gbit or higher combined with emerging technologies like Wi-Fi 7 are enabling a paradigm shift in home broadband networking. The session will cover a range of technologies, including software-defined networking, edge-to-cloud network virtualization, digital twins, and more.

To succeed today, we must look back at what worked in the decades past when deployment of telecom networks first began. In this session, learn how to improve team morale and culture through a shared mission and shared leadership, expose specialists to the "jack of all trades" mentality, and apply historical lessons learned to the use of cutting-edge technology.

Wi-Fi 7 is expected to be officially released this year. Discover the impact Wi-Fi 7 will have on our mobile edge compute connectivity, big data, home/business, public Wi-Fi access, and Smart Cities networks. A use case will be shared for how Wi-Fi 7 will drive the adoption of higher bandwidth technologies like AR/VR.

This session explores strategies to ensure network operators, service providers, state broadband offices, and more can accurately plan, design, and engineer high-quality fiber broadband networks that reach ROI faster. Hear from a panel of network construction experts on how bringing in contractors early to the process enables network operators to stay on budget and complete projects as efficiently as possible.

Machine learning is ubiquitous today. As we begin to rely on it for daily tasks, threat factors will begin to target it. Attendees will learn about adversarial machine learning and the different kinds of attacks. In addition, learn about real world case studies regarding attacks that have impacted the industry.

Four experts who span the breadth of fiber deployment will discuss the challenges of generating and maintaining the momentum needed for an expansive fiber build in rural and suburban communities. Learn not only about the hurdles faced in each phase of a fiber build but also how the industry can take a more unified approach to efficiently bridging the digital divide.

This session will cover the five major areas of network problems as they apply to fiber infrastructure. The focus and examples will be centered on in-building, however, the same principles equally apply to outside plant infrastructure. The session breaks down the areas and discusses common mistakes, potential hidden pitfalls, and how to address and avoid them.

This session is to educate on how private LTE is being utilized to provide connectivity for smart cities applications in Longmont, Colorado. This network is providing value across several use cases which helps the city save money on vital connectivity initiatives. The session will provide a high-level business case that demonstrates the affordability of a private LTE network.

This presentation will discuss the challenges faced with capital efficiency in today’s build environment and the innovations of products, processes, and systems to overcome them.

Deploying digital infrastructure takes time, causes disruption, and can have significant cost. But what if there was a way to give your community a full-fiber network with choice of providers, while avoiding future overbuild and accelerating all-important return-on-investment (ROI) by leasing excess capacity to the same ISPs you already serve? Open access networks can do that.

Dedicated conference session moderated by Joe Gillard, Executive Editor of ISE Magazine, will discuss the State of Market Research findings accompanied by a panel discussion that outlines ways industry professionals can leverage hybrid networks.

Delve into the essential skills needed in this evolving landscape, discussing what companies seek in new hires. Topics include identifying the requisite skills for fiber network technicians, effective strategies for recruiting and retaining talent, and the creation of career paths that ensure long-term employee engagement and growth.

ISE EXPO is hosting our 3rd annual Women in Telecom (WIT) Panel Discussion at ISE EXPO in Dallas, TX. Join us for a continental breakfast at this must attend session, sponsored by Power & Tel. Leading female executives will...

Delve into three leadership shifts: (1) from communicating tasks to communicating context and vision, (2) from concentrating decision rights to delegating decision rights, and (3) from leading through authority to leading through influence. Leave this session with a clear understanding of what it means to make the leap to leadership.

Learn how Frontier’s mission is to deliver fiber quickly and efficiently and achieve a 45% take rate across its fiber footprint in 2024. Scott will share how the Network Engineering and Operations team’s innovative and agile processes overcome field challenges and improve network efficiencies despite a reduction in CAPEX ($3.0 billion in 2024 versus $3.2 in 2023). Hear how Scott’s team is leveraging new technologies like Wi-Fi 7 and Network-as-a-Service to make the math work.

The middle mile is a critical infrastructure to support high-speed internet deployment in rural locations. This session covers the methodology and estimation of broadband bandwidth growth in the last mile and its impact on the middle mile. Learn current and emerging technologies driving the bandwidth growth and current and novel optical technologies needed to support the bandwidth growth.

Capital expenditures begins with design. However, understanding timing and sequence of key decisions and what tools can effectively guide those decisions, is what ensures a projects expenditures are predictable and properly managed. The Broadband Group will showcase insights from four successful large-scale fiber network projects, highlighting best practices and lessons learned.

Gyroscopic Mapping, using Inertial Navigation Technology, is rapidly becoming a widely accepted method for obtaining accurate XYZ data of subsurface utility infrastructure. Gyro-mapping has a number of advantages over traditional mapping that make it the more suitable and/or desirable technology in existing networks as well. This session introduces the concept, operational method, and data output.

This discussion will cover key challenges organizations might face when investing, developing, and integrating the right innovations to better the customer support journey.

Network equipment vendors are increasingly investing in packet optical platforms that are cost optimized for middle mile or for simple PON aggregation. This session will cover what makes these systems special, key technologies they utilize, and how they can save on deployment costs.

This session will cover an overview of traditional FTTx test methodologies, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of each in helping to address service provider goals. Also, a discussion on alternative and emerging solutions offering enhanced features that expand the benefits of a single-ended test approach to addressing the goals.

This session will explore the importance of real-time, federated, multi-tiered network orchestration to optimize network performance, proactively address service issues, ensure the integrity and availability of all network resources, deliver a superior customer-first experience, and above all, improve network economics, especially in terms of operating expenses.

Join Janice Oliva, Endeavor Business Media, as she moderates a panel discussion with telecom thought leaders and strategists. The session will cover topics on the AI network intelligence market, the impact of BEAD funding, what’s next for the ICT/telecom industry, and more. Sponsored by Clearfield, Congruex, Esri, Millennium, and Unitek Global Services.

This session will delve into the dynamic realm of 5G Open Radio Access Network (ORAN), shedding light on its benefits and challenges. Exploring the distinctions between system integration and interoperability testing (IoT), navigate through the complexities of vendor IoT and Yang profile alignments, focusing on control, user, synchronization, and management planes.

This session will introduce the economic and patient outcome benefits of telehealth; illustrate examples of new technology, including products featured and awarded at CES 2024; share perspectives from rural healthcare and broadband providers; and suggest pathways for rural and healthcare champions to implement tech-based solutions in rural spaces.

Wireless communications such as 5G and beyond have increased energy needs for equipment and radios and the need for a new safe and efficient power delivery. This session will explain in detail FMPS, how such power is deployed, what codes apply, and how such systems and connected equipment are electrically protected.

This session offers an exploration of joint use services for successful aerial plant deployment—from up-front make-ready ride out for pole assessment, through an expedited application approval process with power companies, to make-ready construction. Gain valuable insights into the processes, tools, and tactics employed by engineering firms to achieve success in this ever-changing telecommunications space.

These leaders walk in your shoes and have the scars to show it.  From field fiber frenzies to trouble tickets that could have been prevented – they get you!  Join the leaders and doers who have distilled their years of experiences into 10-minutes of network evolution wisdom that will help your team perform better and your reputation rise.  Our Tech Talk presenters deliver the bite-sized knowledge you crave…complete with the ability to shake their hands after their keynote.