UK government kowtows further to the US over Huawei
The UK wants to introduce further laws to ensure our telecoms sector does exactly what it’s ordered to do by US sanctions against Huawei.
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Virgin Media O2 flirts with Londoners
UK telco VMO2 has issued an announcement apparently designed to improve its standing in the country’s capital.
Viavi wins Openreach fibre performance monitoring gig
UK fixed line wholesaler Openreach is installing some new kit from Viavi that should enable everyone to see what kinds of speeds its network is serving up.
Virgin Media O2 looks to raise big money for new fibre push
There are rumours afoot that Virgin Media O2 is in talks with investors to bring in hundreds of millions of pounds for a new fibre rollout in the UK.
Bharti consolidates fibre assets as it walks away from planned re-org
Bharti Airtel has abandoned plans to reorganise its business, buoyed by the Indian telecoms reform package, but is still shuffling certain assets, including bringing a fibre business in house.
Antin set to cash in on Spain’s fibre success
Spanish fibre operator Lyntia is reportedly up for sale at a value estimated to be in the region of €4 billion.
Greek incumbent OTE Group ploughs billions into fibre
The OTE Group has announced plans to roll out full fibre to 3 million homes and businesses in Greece over the next five years, investing around €3 billion in the process.
Virgin Media O2 uses apparition of Usain Bolt to flog broadband
More end of year larks saw VMO2 launch a promotion for its gigabit broadband by projecting Bolt’s hologram into someone’s front room.
Deutsche Telekom targets 2 million new fibre connections in 2022
German operator group DT has been crowing about its FTTH achievements this week as part of an ongoing effort to shed its image as a fixed-line-Luddite.
UK business centres to get new fibre next year
Neos Networks is making a lot of noise about its new full fibre metro networks in a handful of major UK cities, but it hasn’t actually launched any of them yet.
German fibre rollout gets another €5.75 billion
Deutsche Glasfaser has secured €5.75 billion in financing to help it roll out fibre infrastructure in Germany.
EE persists with advertising absurd use-cases
From the people who brought you robot shaving, we now have remote air traffic controlling.
Wind Hellas spins off €70 million fibre business
Wind Hellas has unveiled plans to spin off its fibre broadband assets into a new company that will operate as an open access fibre wholesaler.
Telenor flogs $330 million worth of fibre assets
Telenor has inked a deal to sell off a raft of fibre infrastructure assets in Sweden to GlobalConnect.
CityFibre moves to make things easier for ISPs
Fibre network provider CityFibre has launched a new product that it says will make things easier for wholesale partners to work with it.
Brightspeed is born in the USA
Brightspeed will spend US$2 billion on the rollout of fibre infrastructure to up to 3 million US homes and businesses over the next five years.
Vodafone expands fibre push with CityFibre deal
Vodafone has brokered a deal that will see it become the anchor tenant across CityFibre’s nationwide full fibre network, extending the existing wholesale partnership between the pair.
Virgin Media O2 is agonisingly close to doing something significant
UK converged operator VMO2 is so excited about the near completion of its network upgrade that it has started the celebrations early.
BT robots: coming to a street near you
BT plans to use robots to help it install fibre infrastructure, be it atop telephone poles or underground.
Deutsche Telekom fibre rollout boosted by new investor
German telco Deutsche Telekom has created a fibre expansion joint venture with investment company IFM, which is putting €900 million into it.
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