BT: ‘we went too early’ on digital voice
BT is putting its digital voice service rollout on ice due to the fact it caused more disruption to customers than the telco had anticipated.
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Lumen offloads consumer ops for $7.5 billion
Lumen has brokered a US$7.5 billion deal with Apollo Global Management that will see it part with its legacy consumer operations in 20 states across the Midwest and Southeast of the US.
Openreach dares to contemplate retiring its copper network
UK fixed-line wholesaler Openreach has launched an industry consultation into the switch to ‘full fibre’, which would involve retiring the legacy copper one.
CityFibre research says UK is doing terrible job at connectivity
Research commissioned by serial-moaner and sh*t-stirrer CityFibre claims the UK is falling way back in the connectivity ranks, with broadband slower than on Madagascar.
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
Three decides one way to have a moan isn’t enough
Seemingly not content with the noise been made by the ‘Fix Britain’s Internet’ campaign, Three has stepped up its whining this Christmas with a new crusade known as ‘MakeTheAirFair’.
BT claims G.fast-enabled backhaul first
As BT continues its copper renaissance mission, the operator has claimed it has created a G.fast-enabled C-RAN using a copper-based backhaul link.
Adtran global G.fast trials now top 60 operators
Fixed-line provider Adtran has announced G.fast trials using its products now exceed 60 different operators globally, indicating growing demand for the copper-line technology.
Alcatel-Lucent brings Vplus and G.fast to A1 Telekom Austria
Telekom Austria subsidiary A1 is upgrading its fixed network using Vplus and G.fast technology from Alcatel Lucent.
Intel Capital stakes G.fast claim with major investment in Sckipio
Startup telecoms equipment maker Sckipio Technologies has announced backing from Intel Capital for its G.fast modem technology.
Alcatel-Lucent partners with Chunghwa Telecom for ‘world’s first’ commercial G.fast deployment
Telecoms infrastructure giant Alcatel-Lucent has announced the deployment of what it claims is the world’s first commercial deployment of G.fast broadband technology in Taiwan.
Virgin Media announces £3 billion broadband boost in bid to fight BT
Virgin Media and its owner Liberty Global have announced a five-year investment plan dubbed ‘Project Lightning’, involving a £3 billion boost to upgrade and extend the UK broadband provider’s internet infrastructure.
VDSL2 access tech booms as Alcatel-Lucent shipments pass 10 million
Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed shipments of its VDSL2 vectoring line equipment have surpassed 10 million, as the technology becomes increasingly popular among global service providers. The announcement was made alongside Proximus, formerly known as Belgacom, at a ceremony in Brussels.
Time to turn telecom copper into mobile gold, says Genesis
Broadband solution specialist Genesis Technical Systems claimed copper holds unrealised potential for both fixed and mobile operators, saying it is “time to tap into technologies that turn copper into mobile gold.” The Canadian firm claimed the economics of small cell deployments makes fibre less attractive than enhanced copper solutions.
G.fast, optical tech unveiled by Alcatel-Lucent
At the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam this week Alcatel-Lucent announced an expanded product offering for broadband access network, including new G.fast and optical networking solutions. The infrastructure vendor cited trials with Telekom Austria’s subsidiary A1 and Vodafone as both technologies near completion and commercial readiness for the start of 2015. The new G.fast service is […]
BT claims G.fast 1Gbps via fibre-copper mix
BT has revealed the results of its G.fast technology field trial showing combined downstream and upstream speeds of 1Gbps can be delivered via fibre-copper mix.
ADTRAN aims to double broadband headline speeds
Broadband access specialist ADTRAN has introduced a new technology to maximise existing copper wire infrastructure and deliver higher headline speeds in the EMEA region. Frequency Division Vectoring (FDV) provides operators with the ability to optimise the use of G.fast and VDSL2 technologies.
Alcatel-Lucent claims 1 Gbps over copper breakthrough
Alcatel-Lucent’s research arm – Bell Labs, has announced a prototype technology that enables copper lines to deliver 1 Gigabits per second symmetrical (simultaneous download and upload) broadband speeds.
G.Fast: a question of commercial radio, manholes, prison sentences and indoor vs outdoor engineers
As interest in G.Fast grows we see that it can be deployed in three basic ways, each of which have very different costs and deployment models and so have different levels of feasibility. Each of the three models does, however, maintain the similarity of using the existing copper network only for a very short distance.
Reducing copper in cables to beat thieves
With copper theft on the rise due to the value of the metal used in communications equipment, a component manufacturer has developed an alternative cable which uses less copper.
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