​​​​​​​​​Xi’an, China​​​​​

28 October 2026

​ The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) together with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute – Industry Specification Group -Fifth Generation Fixed Network (ETSI ISG F5G), the Broadband Forum (BBF), and the China Communications Standards Association – Technical Committee 6 (CCSA TC6) are organizing the 2026 Joint ETSI TC ATTM, BBF, CCSA TC6, WAA, SparkLink  and ITU-T SG15 Workshop on "Fibre in-premises network”, which will take place on 28 October, 2026 from 14:00-18:00 (CEST) in Xi’an, China. This is an in-person event with remote participation.

Participation in the workshop is free of charge and is open to ITU Member States, Sector Members, Associates and Academic Institutions, all regular participants of ETSI TC ATTM, BBF, CCSA TC6, WAA, SparkLink and ITU-T SG15 meetings and to any individual interested in the topic who wishes to contribute to the work. This includes individuals who are also members of international, regional and national organizations. 



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Draft Programme^{coming soon}

​​​​14:00 - 14:05	​Welcome Remarks Glenn Parsons, ITU-T SG15
​​​​​14:05 - 15:25​	​Session 1: Standard Development of FTTR Moderator: Tony Zeng, ​​Associate Rapporteur of ITU-T SG15 Q3​​ ​ ​​Marcos Martinez, ITU-T SG15 Q3: "In-premise fibre-based communication standard progress in ITU-T SG15 Q3"​  Frank Effenberger, ITU-T SG15 Q2: "Firbe access communication standard progress in ITU-T SG15 Q2" Ronan Bracken, BBF: "AI in Broadband projects in BBF" ​Qiang Cheng, CCSA TC 6: "Progress on CCSA AI-FTTR related standards" Oliver Ferveur, ETSI TC ATTM F5G WG: "F5G perspective - FTTR" ​​James Xie, WAA: "Connecting the World, experiencing the best WLAN: ITU-T standards, WAA testing & certification, and AI-enhanced FTTR escosytem"
​​​​​​15:25 - 15:35​​	​Coffee Break
​​​​​​​15:3​5 - 16:05​​	​Session 2: Fibre in-premise network deployment update Moderator: Ronald Heron, Nokia ​​​Yue Sun, China Unicom: "Technology evolution and scenario exploration of China Unicom FIP network"
​​​​​​​​16:05 - 17:05​​​	​Session 3: AI-enable Fibre in-premise network: services, technology & applications Moderator: Ronald Heron, Nokia ​Junwei Li, China Mobile: "Consideration on deployment and technology development of FTTR" Dezhi Zhang, China Telecom Zhongyi Wang, ZTE: "Insight on combination of AI with FTTR"
​​​​​​​​​​17:05 - 17:15​​	​Coffee Break
​​​​​​​​​​​​17:15 - 18:15​	​Session 4: Study of coordination between of Fibre In-Premises Networks and SparkLink technologies Moderator: ​​Marcos Martinez, Rapporteur of ITU-T SG15 Q3 ​​Bin Zhen, SparkLink Alliance: "Deterministic communication - integration of SparkLink and optical communication​"​​  Manli Qian, Sylincom: "NearLink SLB 2.0: Building the industrial-grade reliable communication infrastructure for the AI era"​​​​  Gengchen Liu, Huawei: "Opportunities and Chanllenges of All-optical SparkLink"

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