The Fiber Pod: Outlook for the Spanish FTTH market

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Pedro Abad, CEO of ASTEO Red Neutra, has participated in the podcast “the Fiber Pod” to talk about the prospects of the Spanish FTTH market together with Magnus Angermund, Head of Northern Europe at Hexatronic.

You can listen to the episode at this link and learn more about the topics discussed during the meeting:

  • How FTTH has evolved in Spain and what has driven its rapid growth.
  • Maturity of the FTTH market in Spain and differences between development and deployment in urban and rural areas.
  • Influence of pandemic on accelerating digitization.
  • Building 5G, big data centers and smart cities.
  • Challenges in the Spanish market such as network migrations, due to increased competition from operators to bring high-capacity solutions to consumers.
  • Details of FTTH deployment in rural areas and the search for new solutions with a more sustainable approach to installation, maintenance and repairs.

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Patricia Moreno Pacheco

Deployment Manager Director

Trained as an architect at the University of Seville and with international experience after her studies at the Leibniz Universität Hannover, she has a multidisciplinary technical profile. He stands out for his analytical capacity and leadership in telecommunications infrastructures, providing a highly consolidated strategic vision.

Her career began in civil architecture, working as a Municipal Architect and energy certifier. In 2017 she oriented her career towards the telco sector by joining Nokia as FTTx Network Design Engineer. For five years, he participated in large multinational deployments for operators in the USA, Italy, Chile, the Philippines and Germany. Later, at Inelcom, he took over team management and implementation support for the German UGG network, mastering the construction and last mile phases. All this international supervisory experience brought her to Asteo Red Neutra in 2023, where she manages field operations as Deployment Manager.

Away from blueprints and fiber optics, he is an active person who likes to enjoy his free time. He is passionate about climbing, paddle tennis and traveling, always looking for new environments to disconnect.

Laura Díaz

Marketing & Communications Director

With 20 years of experience, Laura has developed the communication strategy for national and international companies. Since the official launch of ASTEO Red Neutra, she has led its communication and content strategy as an external consultant, until her incorporation to the team.

She started her career as a journalist in the IT sector. She specialised in Communication, advising companies in various sectors (banking, asset management, private equity, insurance and insurtech or telecommunications). She led Evercom's Financial Communication department, in charge of the area's growth strategy and the management of the team and clients.

She graduated in journalism from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, in Venezuela, took the ABC-UCM master's degree in journalism, and complemented her education with studies in International Business at Dublin Business School, and sustainability at the University of Cambridge.

Married to Santi, she is the mother of two children and, whenever she has some free time, she loves going swimming and to the cinema or enjoying long dinners with friends.