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t’s no secret that the pace of inno-
vation is fundamentally changing
competitive businesses. Software
defined networks and virtualization, as
well as new mobile technologies, are
creating the next-generation platforms
over which networks are provisioned.
Service provider business models are
shifting to deliver more products and
services to business customers “over
the top” and closer to the edge—and
this in turn drives the ever-increasing
demand for broadband fiber networks
and data center capacity. The value of
the cloud is clear too, given the poten-
tial to deliver services to customers that
are integrated with the customers’ own
business applications and services.
Against this dynamism, INCOMPAS
as an organization has clear priori-
ties, according to CEO Chip Pickering.
First and foremost, it exists to serve
the needs of its member base—the
In Tuesday’s keynote,
Uniti President
and CEO Kenny
Gunderman outlined
the looming effect of
5G mobile networks
and continued
content provider
investment on fiber
builds, the dark fiber
opportunity, and the
need for innovative
business models and
financing approaches
for greenfield fiber
trenching.
(See INCOMPAS Story, page 6)
INCOMPAS Charts Course
for a Bold New Era of
Innovation, Competition
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Keynote Focuses on
New Fiber Opportunities
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