A couple of weeks ago Vodafone and CityFibre announced Milton Keynes was going to be first recipient of gigabit-capable full-fibre broadband, and we think we know where they are going next.
Deutsche Telekom has outlined its fibre-to-the-home ambitions, with 40,000km of optical fibre to be laid this year.
UK operator Vodafone has reminded Openreach that it’s not the only fibre game in town by funding CityFibre’s network expansion in return for consumer broadband exclusivity.
The first full day of Broadband World Forum 2017 saw both operator and vendor keynote speakers explore strategies for achieving ubiquitous gigabit connectivity.
The Broadband World Forum 2017 event opened with a panel discussion on the readiness of fixed line infrastructure to meet future challenges.
Nokia has taken another step towards a face-off with Huawei, collecting a useful little customer win in the shape of China Mobile.
Ericsson announced some positive news for once with the signing of a strategic agreement with MásMóvil to provide a bunch of network evolution and support services.
Nokia seems to have decided that the best PR strategy for Mobile World Congress is to issue at least one press release a day for the whole of February.
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.
Network access specialist Adtran has announced the launch of a new set of optical transceivers, which it claims will deliver the agility requirements operators need for FTTH.
TIM claims it is the first operator in Italy to achieve 1Gbps download speeds using fibre to the home.
Orange has pledged to spend more than €15bn on upgrading fixed and mobile infrastructure across Europe, and says there’s still “so much more to come” from LTE, according to Deputy CEO Gervais Pellissier.
Researchers at the University College London have claimed the breakthrough of an optical access tech to expedite the arrival of FTTH in the UK.
The Vodafone Group has started rolling out fibre to the home (FTTH) programmes in Ireland and Portugal as part of a €600 million network expansion programme.
BT’s CEO Gavin Patterson has called for regulators to impose tough new minimum levels of broadband, fibre coverage and service, to help it preserve Britain’s lead as the G20’s most digitised economy.
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.
The European Commission has finally given the acquisition of Spanish fixed-line player Jazztel by French mobile operator Operator Orange the green light, subject to some concessions from Orange.
Orange has set itself the target of reaching 100% fibre to the home (FTTH) deployment in nine French cities by the end of 2016, the telco has announced.
BT’s CEO Gavin Patterson has announced the telco’s plans to upgrade its broadband network with a widespread deployment of G.fast technology, claiming this will take the UK from ‘superfast’ to ‘ultrafast’ broadband era.
Alcatel-Lucent has announced it will build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution for Vodacom in South Africa. The vendor claimed the solution will enable Vodacom to expand its subscriber base, and provide ‘ultra-broadband’ for bandwidth-hungry activities such as video streaming and online gaming.
Broadband 50 2021 nominations open https://t.co/3g1DXv6b34 #Events #events
26 February 2021 @ 15:40:05 UTC
The Cellnex shopping spree moves to Poland https://t.co/Ca30f3FKsv #Towers #Cellnex
26 February 2021 @ 13:24:02 UTC
Telefonica has more LatAm fibre deals in the pipeline https://t.co/534ygZDtGc #Corporate #Fibre
26 February 2021 @ 12:44:02 UTC
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