Wolfgang Fischer is responsible for Architecture and Business Development of Next Generation Access Solutions for Cisco Europe. More specifically, this covers the aspects of Fiber, Copper and Wireless access technologies including their respective service delivery architectures. He has more than 25 years of experience in Service Provider networking solutions covering ISDN protocols, ATM systems and network architectures, broadband access, voice, traffic and queuing theory. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Wolfgang Fischer was a member of the board of directors of the FTTH Council Europe until April 2010 and is now active in its Business and Market Intelligence committees.