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Spain: FTTH nears 15 million lines

FTTH connections continues to grow in Spain with 101,869 lines added in January 2024, reaching a new total of over 14.9 million, according to the latest stats from CNMC. Year-on-year, FTTH lines increased by 1.1 million versus 400,000 DSL losses. Telefónica controls 35.9 per cent of the Spanish FTTH market. Overall, broadband is dominated by […]

March 15, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

ANGA COM 2024 announces conference programme

ANGA COM, the European Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online which runs from May 14th to 16th in Cologne, Germany, has released its conference programme with the key topics of the broadband and media industry. There will be over 50 panels with more than 200 speakers across the Gigabit Summit, the Media Summit, […]

March 13, 2024

Research: US multicultural homes favour 5G wireless Internet

As mobile providers such as T-Mobile and Verizon make 5G wireless home Internet available in more US markets, awareness of the service is growing among multicultural households, according to a recent Horowitz Research study, State of Media, Entertainment, and Tech: Disruptions. About two in three multicultural consumers who do not already subscribe to 5G wireless […]

March 12, 2024

Report: Greater investment needed to realise ‘gigacities’

The key criteria required for an urban area to be described as a ‘gigacity’ have been set out in a report released by the World Broadband Association. The whitepaper also provides a set of recommendations for government and regulators to encourage greater fibre deployment. The creation of gigacities, defined as where the vast majority have […]

March 6, 2024

nexfibre confirms 800,000 premises RFS

nexfibre, the next-generation fibre network operator, has published its latest quarterly rollout update – which confirms that it now has more than 800,000 premises passed and ready for service (RFS). This update details the progress nexfibre continues to make in deploying its full-fibre network across the UK and that it is on track to reach […]

February 23, 2024

Turkcell CDN partnership with Qwilt, Cisco

Cisco and Qwilt have announced a strategic partnership with Turkcell, the digital operator in Turkey. The collaboration aims to enhance the quality and delivery capacity of digital content and applications, bringing superior streaming experiences and faster data delivery to Turkcell’s 38.2 million mobile users and 3.1 million fixed broadband customers, supporting growing data demands. Turkcell’s […]

February 21, 2024

Millicom accelerates fibre deployments with Harmonic

Harmonic has announced that Millicom, a provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America through the TIGO brand, has successfully launched XGS-PON fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) with Harmonic’s cOS broadband platform. This expands on Millicom’s previously announced use of the cOS platform to provide high-speed broadband services across nine countries in Latin America. “Adding fibre […]

February 20, 2024

VMO2, Liberty, Telefónica to create NetCo

Virgin Media O2 together with its shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, have initiated plans to create a national fixed network company (NetCo) that that they say will “underpin full fibre take up and roll out; provide new financing optionality and a platform for potential altnet consolidation opportunities; and establish the biggest dedicated fixed network challenger […]

February 16, 2024

Spain nears 15m FTTH lines

Spain is nearing the 15 million FTTH milestone after the country ended 2023 with over 14.8 million lines, according to the latest CNMC report. Movistar maintained its position as the market leader taking 36 per cent (5.3 million) of all FTTH lines. Year-on-year FTTH gained 1.1 million lines, up 7.3 per cent, versus a loss […]

February 14, 2024From David Del Valle in Madrid

Truespeed secures Sky Stream, Netflix deal

Southwest England full-fibre broadband provider Truespeed is launching a partnership with Sky to offer Sky TV and Netflix to its customers. Truespeed customers will be able to subscribe to a Sky Stream package that offers both Sky Entertainment and Netflix in one combined package.  The offer will start from £23 (€27) per month, for 18 […]

February 7, 2024