Nokia chosen to make NetCologne’s FTTB network go G.fast-er
Nokia has been tapped to upgrade the final drop on NetCologne’s FTTB network from VDSL2 to G.fast.
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Nokia launches a new fixed-line chipset family
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has unveiled a new chipset family called Quillion that is designed to get the best out of fibre networks.
All Modes Lead to Home: The New Broadband Access Boom
Mobile broadband in the form of 4G and now 5G may have been grabbing the headlines for the past few years, but in the background the fixed line broadband market has been growing steadily, driven by both regulatory imperatives and operator expansion ambitions on the supply side, and the increasing use of bandwidth-hungry applications on the demand side.
Sky strikes an ultrafast deal with Openreach
Sky UK has reportedly become the first customer of a new discount deal from Openreach to encourage use of Gfast technology.
Openreach announces a bunch of new Gfast locations
In spite of heavy pressure to raise its fibre game, BT’s supposedly autonomous wholesale unit Openreach has proudly unveiled a major extension of its Gfast programme.
Nokia picks Singapore to show what a great idea IoT is
A collaboration between Nokia and Singapore operator StarHub will try to develop all kinds of IoT services and maybe even launch a few of them.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: High fibre diet
Having been abandoned a week ago Scott is once more joined by Jamie and Iain. They start by recapping the recent Broadband World Forum event in Berlin, which was attended by Iain and Scott, the latter being reminded how little he knows about fixed line networking. Meanwhile we’re in the middle of the Q3 earnings season and the big US tech giants are raking it in once more. On the back of that they mull over the power of the big internet brands and wonder which other industries they might yet disrupt.
NBN legitimises G.fast by adding it to the Aussie mix
Australian public broadband initiative NBN has announced it will be incorporating G.fast into its technology mix from next year.
Let’s not obsess about FTTH – Broadband World Forum 2017
The first full day of Broadband World Forum 2017 saw both operator and vendor keynote speakers explore strategies for achieving ubiquitous gigabit connectivity.
Can broadband keep up with the multi-screen family?
The Broadband World Forum 2017 event opened with a panel discussion on the readiness of fixed line infrastructure to meet future challenges.
Huawei and Omantel will Deploy the First G fast in the Middle East
On July 3rd 2017, Huawei announced that Huawei will jointly deploy the first G.fast network in the Middle East with Omantel, a leading operator in Oman, at the ninth Huawei User Group Meeting. Huawei’s E2E G.fast solution boosts Omantel to construct ultra-broadband networks efficiently by reusing existing copper lines. Click here to read more
DT and Adtran reckon the future is still copper
With the world talking about the necessity of fibre, Deutsche Telekom and Adtran has taken a different approach, boldly claiming that G.fast is all you need to worry about
UK in £1 billion fibre and 5G lottery – ENTER NOW!
After months of what looked like empty rhetoric, the UK government is finally getting its act together and will announce a £1.1 billion investment lottery for fibre and 5G.
Party up in here! G.fest kicks off Broadband World Forum
A G.fast fest dominated the first day’s keynote session at Broadband World Forum here in London, as internet service providers the world over look to make copper sweat.
BT commissioned report says G.fast will be a big deal – funny that
New research from Ovum, commissioned by BT, has predicted G.fast technology will be serving 30 million subscriber homes and businesses around the world by 2021.
Openreach pulls a G.fast one with Huawei and Nokia
UK fixed-line alpha BT has announced it will be buying a bunch of shiny G.fast kit from Huawei and Nokia to help with its ‘ultrafast’ broadband rollout.
Openreach public spat continues as BT CEO calls for critics to get their facts right
Possibly the only more consistent source of telecoms news than the announcement of a new 5G partnership is the ongoing spat between BT and its wholesale customers.
Ofcom demands partial separation of BT and Openreach
Ofcom has ruled that Openreach will become an independent legal entity from BT, but stopped short of the complete separation much of the industry is calling for.
BT announces FTTP roll out in nine UK cities
BT has announced the first steps in its dedicated fibre to the premises roll-out, with nine locations in the UK targeted for high speed broadband for SMEs.
Nokia demos first 10 Gbps full duplex DOCSIS 3.1 XG-CABLE
Nokia’s Bell Labs division has announced what it claims is a world-first lab test of XG-CABLE, a technology that promises 10 Gbps symmetrical data speeds over Hybrid Fiber Coax cables using full duplex DOCSIS 3.1 technology.
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