More than four in ten UK homes can now access faster, more reliable Internet connections, as the rollout of full-fibre technology continues at record pace. Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report, which measures the availability of broadband and mobile services across the UK, found that full-fibre connections are now available to 12.4 million households (42 per […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has published updated, more detailed plans about where and when it is building ultra-fast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband across the UK. As part of its regular programme of build updates, Openreach has also announced 12 new locations where it plans to deliver gigabit-capable technology to a further 184,000 homes and […]
Fibre is increasingly taking root in the five largest European markets. Since the first quarter of 2021, 1.8 million broadband FTTx subscriptions have been taken on average each quarter to reach more than 37 million subscriptions across 146 million households at Q2 2022 in those five countries, reports Dataxis. The technology has disrupted the broadband […]
Cube Infrastructure Managers’ Connecting Europe Broadband Fund (CEBF) has announced its investment in a wholesale fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) / fibre-to-the-office (FTTO) project operated by ClioFiber in Italy. The first phase of this project represents an investment plan of circa €50 million. ClioFiber marks a major milestone in CEBF’s history as the fund’s tenth investment since its […]
In the coming year, Deutsche Telekom plans to increase the pace of its fibre rollout significantly, with 2.5 to 3 million connections set to be added in 2023. In the current year, Telekom’s fibre team is fully on track to achieve the goal of offering FTTH connections to an additional 2 million households and businesses. […]
Nokia and NBN have announced the deployment of Nokia’s next-generation broadband platform and its Altiplano Access Controller to deliver a smarter, faster and greener network. The deployment is the first for the Lightspan MF-14 in the Southern Hemisphere. Tthe MF-14 will help nbn address Australia’s broadband needs well into the future and help the company […]
Connected technology specialist Vantiva, formerly known as Technicolor, has partnered with French multiplay telco Bouygues Telecom to be one of the manufacturers of the Bbox Wi-Fi 6, an eco-designed customer premises equipment (CPE) that supports fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband access for Bouygues Telecom’s subscribers. The Bbox Wi-Fi 6 is the first Green Product Mark-certified gateway to […]
In November 2022, Paratus Zambia, a pan-African broadband connectivity company, announced that it had signed an agreement with Meta to build 900 kilometres of fibre optic cable across 10 Zambian cities by the end of 2023. The demand for connectivity has been accelerating in Africa for several years now, reports Dataxis. Yet, the pandemic between […]
CityFibre, the UK’s independent full fibre platform, has signed an agreement with toob, a full fibre network builder and broadband provider based in the South of England, enabling them to extend their broadband retail proposition across CityFibre’s national footprint. The agreement will enable toob to extend its market reach, launching its ultra-fast services over CityFibre’s […]
The total fixed communication services revenue in the Philippines is expected to increase at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.7 per cent from $5.2 billion in 2022 to $6 billion in 2027, mainly driven by the strong growth in fixed broadband segment, forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Philippines Fixed Communications […]