ABSTRACT - Each home, school, business, or customer has different requirements regarding upstream and downstream broadband speeds delivered over fiber—from essential to ultra-fast. Service providers are deploying both next-generation (XG-PON, XGS-PON, 10G-EPON, and NG-PON2) and legacy (GPON, EPON) passive optical technologies to provide the right requested speed by overlaying multiple new wavelengths on existing fibers. The coexistence of multiple services becomes challenging for field technicians because for each stage of the network lifecycle—deployment, activation, and troubleshooting—the correct tools and techniques can differ. Last but not least, automation and service monitoring are becoming more and more important as society is increasingly dependent on high-quality services. This session examines the latest trends in PON technologies and techniques for deploying and maintaining these fiber optic networks as efficiently as possible.