Europe’s Fibre Future: Trends, Standards, and Market Shifts

In this episode of Wavelengths, the Amphenol Broadband Solutions podcast, host Daniel Litwin connects with Carsten Engelke, Director of Technology at ANGA, to deliver a comprehensive primer on the European fibre market as it undergoes a major transformation ahead of ANGA COM 2026.As Europe accelerates its fibre-first strategies, operators, vendors, and policymakers are navigating shifting standards, rising resilience requirements, and changing customer expectations. Engelke brings deep expertise from the intersection of policy, engineering, and operations to break down how Europe’s market differs from the U.S., why the last 100 meters remains a critical challenge, and how emerging tools like AI-supported monitoring will redefine network performanceThis conversation offers clarity on where the European market stands today, what is driving its next phase of growth, and how the industry should prepare for the standards, technologies, and operational shifts reshaping fibre deployment and management across the region.