{"id":22397,"date":"2025-09-03T17:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=22397"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:00:30","slug":"new-regional-fibre-congress-announced-for-central-eastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=22397","title":{"rendered":"New regional fibre congress announced for Central Eastern Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The FTTH Council Europe is delighted to announce that the FTTH Congress CEE 2025 will take place on 7-8 October at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Warsaw, Poland, and registration is now officially open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the enthusiastic response to its first regional congress in South-Eastern Europe last year, the FTTH Council Europe is now expanding its regional footprint with an event dedicated to FTTH drivers and hurdles in Central Eastern Europe. The FTTH Congress CEE 2025 will bring together over 400 key players from across the public and private sectors, all united by a shared ambition: to accelerate full-fibre connectivity in one of Europe\u2019s most dynamic regions.<br \/>\nWith over 13 million homes still to be passed in countries like Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, and the Baltics, the region stands at a critical juncture. The FTTH Congress CEE aims to support this transition by fostering dialogue, sharing insights, and building partnerships that move the needle.<br \/>\n\u201cCentral Eastern Europe has all the ingredients for a fibre success story,\u201d said Vincent Garnier, Director General of the FTTH Council Europe. \u201cThere\u2019s momentum on the ground, strong national plans, growing investment appetite, and user demand. But challenges remain, and this Congress is our opportunity to address them together.\u201d<br \/>\nThe two-day programme will feature a mix of policy keynotes, technical deep-dives, and market-focused panels, including sessions dedicated to individual countries and themes such as resilient infrastructure, open access models, and inclusive digital growth. Attendees will gain firsthand insight into funding, policy and technical innovations shaping fibre connectivity in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Among this year\u2019s confirmed speakers are senior leaders and regulators from across the region and beyond:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Verena Weber, Director, BEREC<br \/>\n\u2022 Jacek Oko, President, Urz\u0119du Komunikacji Elektronicznej (UKE)<br \/>\n\u2022 Marco Obiso, Chief Digital Networks &amp; Environment Department, Telecommunication Development Bureau, ITU<br \/>\n\u2022 Erv\u00edn \u0160imko, Acting Director General for Digital Agenda, Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatics (MIRRI)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yuriy Kurmaz, CEO, JSC Ukrtelecom<br \/>\n\u2022 Marta Wojciechowska, CEO, Fiberhost S.A.<br \/>\n\u2022 Jana Hays, Manager regulatory affairs Czech Republic \/ Head of CETIN Group regulatory affairs, CETIN<br \/>\n\u2022 Paula Harrison, Director for Government Security &amp; Regulation, Vodafone Group<\/p>\n<p>From decision-makers and digital champions to investors and city planners, the event will offer a chance to connect, collaborate, and contribute to building the fibre-powered future of Central Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>Above, Warsaw, Poland \/ photo by Oleksii Topolianskyi on unsplash<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FTTH Council Europe is delighted to announce that the FTTH Congress CEE 2025 will take place on 7-8 October at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Warsaw, Poland, and registration is now officially open Following the enthusiastic response to its first regional congress in South-Eastern Europe last year, the FTTH Council Europe is now expanding &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=22397\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00abNew regional fibre congress announced for Central Eastern Europe\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22400,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22397\/revisions\/22400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}