Omdia's Kunstler on PON power consumption and BEAD progress

Light Reading caught up with Omdia Chief Analyst Julie Kunstler at the OFC Conference to discuss advances in PON technology, BEAD funding and more.

Kelsey Ziser, Senior Editor

March 27, 2024

Light Reading caught up with Julie Kunstler, chief analyst for Omdia, at the OFC Conference to discuss how advances in PON technology are reducing power consumption while increasing bandwidth. Kunstler also provided an update on the progress of Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program funding distribution at the state level, and why some countries such as Germany are lagging behind in FTTH deployments.

Click on the caption button for a lightly edited transcript.

Here are a few topics we covered:

Addressing power consumption concerns with PON technology (00:24)
Updates on BEAD funding distribution at the state level (02:43)
Challenges that some countries, such as Germany, are facing in FTTH deployments (06:54)

About the Author(s)

Kelsey Ziser

Kelsey Ziser

Senior Editor, Light Reading

Kelsey is a senior editor at Light Reading, co-host of the Light Reading podcast, and host of the "What's the story?" podcast.

Her interest in the telecom world started with a PR position at Connect2 Communications, which led to a communications role at the FREEDM Systems Center, a smart grid research lab at N.C. State University. There, she orchestrated their webinar program across college campuses and covered research projects such as the center's smart solid-state transformer.

Kelsey enjoys reading four (or 12) books at once, watching movies about space travel, crafting and (hoarding) houseplants.

Kelsey is based in Raleigh, N.C.

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