MásMóvil has announced that it will invest €350 million in Euskaltel’s optic fibre and 5G over the next three years to substantially extend its coverage in the Basque Country. MásMóvil plans to reach 1 million households via FTTH through Euskaltel by year end, up from the current 850,000. As for 5G, Euskaltel is already covering […]
RDK Management has confirmed that open source software platform RDK is being deployed as the global software platform for broadband gateways (i.e. modems/routers) throughout multiplay telco Deutsche Telekom’s fibre, DSL, and cable footprints. RDK standardises core functions used in broadband, video, and IoT connected devices. By standardising these functions, service providers can develop and deploy […]
Spanish telco Telefónica is planning to sell a small part of its FTTH network next year to bring in cash for its future investments. Several possible investors would be interested in its FTTH network, reports Bloomberg, that currently covers 25 million homes and is valued at €15 billion. Telefónica could also seek an investment partner […]
A new report from BT and Accenture, Harnessing data to empower a sustainable future, has found that the tech sector is set to reduce its energy demand and global carbon emissions by as much as 40 per cent over the next decade – despite an expected eight-fold increase in data traffic by 2030. Purchasing renewable […]
Communications and entertainment company Liberty Latin America and integrated telecommunications service provider América Móvil have agreed to combine their respective Chilean operations, VTR and Claro Chile, to form a 50:50 joint venture. The proposed transaction combines the complementary operations of VTR, a leading provider of high-speed consumer fixed products, such as broadband and pay-TV services, […]
Liberty Global Ventures, the investment arm of Liberty, and InfraVia Capital Partners, an independent private equity firm specialised in infrastructure and technology investments, have set up a new Joint Venture (JV) aimed at assessing the opportunity in building fibre-to-the-home networks in Germany. The 50:50 JV, which is subject to regulatory approval, sees the two companies […]
FTTH continues its growth with 73,150 lines more to reach over 12.2 million at the end of July, according to the CNMC – some 1.3 million more than the same month last year. In contrast, HFC lost 32,941 lines and ADSL 39,370 in a month, 700,000 in a year. The three largest operators -Telefónica, Vodafone […]
At Q2 2021, the Latin American broadband market exceeded the 100 million connections mark, reports Dataxis. Fibre reached a 39 per cent market share and, for the first time, became the option with the greatest diffusion rate in the region. The biggest group behind this technology deployment was Telefónica with a market share of 16.4 […]
DZS, a global player in broadband connectivity, mobile and optical transport, and software defined networking solutions, has announced a collaboration with UK fibre network innovator Freedom Fibre to build an all-new, high-performance fibre network for nationwide telecom leader TalkTalk, which serves over 4 million customers across the country. Already underway, the 18-month greenfield rollout will […]
The FTTH Council Europe has released two reports: the latest figures of the FTTH Forecasts for 2021 and 2026. and an overview of fibre deployments in rural areas. The market forecasts cover 39 countries and provide an individual analysis for 15 countries. Numbers are consistent with previous estimates and plan for around 197 million homes […]