Fibre builders keep building, but customers can’t pay
Consumers in the UK are struggling to pay for Internet access, according to a new study shared by London fibre builder Community Fibre.
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VMO2 pitches gigabit broadband to SoHo sector
Virgin Media O2 is going after data-hungry small businesses with a new broadband plan that tops out at 1 Gbps.
CityFibre raises a further £4.9 billion to fully finance its full fibre ambitions
UK fibre infrastructure player CityFibre has managed to borrow almost 5 billion quid, which means its full fibre rollout is now fully financed.
TIM signs MoU to merge fibre network with Open Fiber
Italian telco TIM and Open Fiber – as well as investors CDP, Macquarie and KKR – have signed a document designed to bring the two fibre networks under one roof.
TIM and Open Fiber pick up €3.4 billion in broadband funding
Italian telcos TIM and Open Fiber have won government funding worth a total of €3.4 billion to roll out high-speed fixed broadband to uneconomic areas of the country.
Dish boosts fibre offer with AT&T deal
Dish Network is boosting its fixed Internet service portfolio via a new distribution deal with AT&T that will allow it to extend its fibre reach.
VMO2 pushes fibre rollout as competition bites
Virgin Media O2 is shouting about its plans to crack on with full fibre rollout, but its latest quarterlies show it is starting to feel the heat from the competition.
Frontier seeks $800m for fibre build
US broadband provider Frontier is after fresh funding to maintain the momentum of its ambitious network deployment.
TIM CEO upbeat on imminent fibre merger despite delays
The boss of Italian telco TIM will soon broker a deal to merge its fibre network assets with those of rival Open Fiber, but admits it has not been smooth sailing.
ASA says Virgin Media is allowed to claim it’s faster than BT
The Advertising Standards Authority has decreed that Virgin Media’s claim “We are the UK’s fastest major broadband provider” is in breach of rules, following a complaint from BT.
Vocus CEO hits out at NBN ‘monopoly’ as election looms
With just over a fortnight to go before Australia’s next parliamentary election, the head of Aussie telco Vocus has made his feelings clear on the country’s state-owned broadband network.
More cash and customers as UK fibre boom continues
New developments in the UK fibre market indicate that the sector remains buoyant, not that there was really any doubt on the matter.
CityFibre claims £38 billion of UK economic growth from fibre rollout
UK fibre builder CityFibre commissioned some research that ‘identified over £38b billion in potential economic benefits’ thanks to its full fibre rollout to 285 UK cities, towns and villages.
UK’s full fibre rollout ramps up
UK fibre infrastructure providers Openreach and Hyperoptic have announced an extension of their deployment plans to new locations.
UK to trial running full fibre connections through water pipes
A UK government-led Fibre in Water trial will see full fibre-optic cable deployed through 17km of live drinking water mains between Barnsley and Penistone.
Nokia and Rakuten complete 1 Terabit fibre network trial
Finish kit vendor Nokia and Japanese MNO Rakuten have demonstrated a live 1Tbps per channel transmission, which they claim represents a speed increase of 500% on Rakuten’s existing fibre network.
Zen Internet to offer services across CityFibre’s entire footprint
ISP Zen Internet has signed a deal to extend its services to 285 cities, towns and villages across full fibre infrastructure firm CityFibre’s UK network.
CityFibre has raised nearly £1.5 billion in six months
CityFibre has raised £1.425 billion in capital in the past six months and that’s probably just as well, given how much the firm is spending on fibre rollout.
Investor makes A$3 billion bid for Australia’s Uniti
Uniti Group has confirmed that a group of funds led by HRL Morrison & Co has tabled a takeover bid worth in excess of A$3 billion.
MWC 2022 is set to be the most diverse yet
Ahead of the return of the telecoms industry’s biggest trade show, analyst firm Omdia has given some collective thought to what we might end up chatting about there.
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