Corning and Lightwave Recognize Ian Williams of TELUS for His Dedication and Leadership in FTTx Deployment
CORNING, N.Y., October 01, 2009 – Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) and Lightwave, a unit of business-to-business media and information company PennWell Corporation, today announced the winner of the sixth annual FTTXcellence Award. Ian Williams of TELUS Corporation, headquartered in British Columbia, Canada is the recipient of the award, which honors an individual for his or her contributions to the deployment of optical access networks in North America.
Mr. Williams is a Design Specialist on TELUS’ Access Technologies and Outside Plant Support (ATOPS) team. He is a champion of the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Greenfield network rollout and Brownfield trials underway at TELUS. With more than 29 years’ experience in outside plant and fiber optic technologies, he has developed a strong understanding of the advantages and challenges presented by FTTH in the field. Drawing on that understanding, he now trains and mentors literally hundreds of TELUS team members across Canada who are involved in FTTH.
Ultimately, Williams has become a key part of the TELUS team installing and developing value from gigabit passive optical network (GPON) and state-of-the-art outside plant access solutions across the broad diversity of existing access structure and rigorous climatic conditions in TELUS’ territory. Through this work, Ian’s name is becoming synonymous with FTTH and GPON in the industry and vendor community.
The nomination committee selected Williams from a pool of highly qualified candidates across several industry segments, all of whom were nominated by their peers for the award. He received the award on September 29 during a ceremony at the FTTH Conference in Houston. At the ceremony, a donation was made in his name to One Economy Corporation, a national non-profit organization created to maximize the potential of technology to help low-income families build assets and raise their standard of living.
“Ian Williams is an advocate for the advantages that FTTH networks will continue to bring consumers and service providers in Canada,” said Clark Kinlin, president and CEO of Corning Cable Systems. “As the first FTTXcellence Award winner from Canada, we congratulate Mr. Williams on this honor.”
"The work of Ian Williams illustrates that FTTH technology promises to provide a wealth of new, high-speed services to homes and businesses across all of North America, not just the United States,” said Stephen Hardy, editorial director and associate publisher of Lightwave. "We at Lightwave are pleased to join Corning in recognizing Ian Williams, who has been a leader in bringing these benefits to consumers and other end users."
“I am honored to receive this award recognizing the work TELUS is doing in Canada to bring incredibly fast broadband into customers’ homes and using it to bring them services like high definition IP-TV,” Mr. Williams said. “It can be challenging work, but having the courage to innovate and beat those challenges is part of our culture as we work to make sure TELUS always stays out on the cutting edge of broadband services.”
For more information about Williams and the FTTXcellence Award, see the December issue of Lightwave magazine, or visit the Web site at www.lightwaveonline.com. For additional information on Corning Cable Systems products and services, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-743-2675, toll free in the United States, or (+1) 828-901-5000, international, or visit the Web site at www.corning.com/cablesystems.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
About Lightwave
Through its integrated media portfolio, Lightwave delivers content focused on fiber optics and optoelectronics, the technologies that enable the growth, integration and improved performance of voice, data and video communications networks and services. Our experienced editorial team provides trusted technology, application and market trend insights to corporate executives, department heads, project managers, network engineers and technical managers at equipment suppliers, service providers and major end-user organizations. Visit Lightwave at www.lightwaveonline.com.
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