On the heels of Telefónica and Vodafone’s agreement, Orange has also signed a deal with the dominant operator to use its FTTH network in areas where it has currently no coverage. The agreement not only covers the non-competitive areas in which Telefónica is required to provide access under the regulation of CNMC, but in 66 […]
FTTH penetration continues to grow in Spain with over 5 million active lines at the end of January. The latest figures from the CNMC reveals that FTTH grew by 164,817 lines in the calendar month. Telefónica is the market leader with a share of over 60.8 per cent and 3 million lines. In a year-on-year […]
Telcos Telefónica and Vodafone have reached a breakthrough agreement over FTTH whereby Vodafone will be able to use Telefónica’s FTTH networks in exchange for a fee over a five-year period. The deal will enable Vodafone to have access to its rival’s FTTH networks in the largest 66 cities in the country where Telefónica was not […]
Multinational telco and media company Altice has reported a successful year of execution for 2016 including the rapid integration of US businesses and transformation into leading transatlantic, converged telecoms and media operator. All businesses across Altice Group recorded positive revenue growth, marking the best quarterly performance in Q4 since Altice’s IPO. Altice Group Revenue, at […]
Free, a subsidiary of French telco Iliad, has claimed record ultra-fast network rollouts in 2016, with 4.4 million FTTH connections and 310,000 subscribers at the end of 2016. Free aims to achieve a 25 per cent share of the broadband and ultra-fast broadband market, and to increase its FTTH subscriber base by 200,000+ in 2017, […]
The FTTH Council Europe made public the first results of its updated study on the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU showing that the outstanding costs of full fibre coverage in the EU are €156 billion as input to the ongoing legislative debate on the proposal for a European Electronic Communications Code. The cost […]
At the FTTH Conference 2017, Huawei officially released its GigaHome solution designed to help operators build smart and easy-to-use home networks offering a premium service experience for users. At the conference Huawei demonstrated how the GigaHome solution supports multiple digital home applications to deliver a smart home service that gives users convenience, security, accessibility and […]
The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 23 per cent over the first nine months of 2016, reaching nearly 44.3 million FTTH/B subscribers. Homes passed increased by 17 per cent, reaching more than 148 million in EU39* at end-September 2016, according to the […]
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has opened proceedings against Telecom Italia and Fastweb for possible uncompetitive practices regarding their joint fibre optic venture Flash Fiber. Flash Fiber aims to build fibre-optic networks in FTTH architecture in Italy’s 29 biggest cities already covered by FTTC by 2020. The two companies plan to invest over €1 billion in the […]
The rapid take-up of FTTH along with the success of new TV services like HBO and Netflix have seen Vodafone significantly increase its subscriber basis in the last quarter of 206. The company captured 115,000 new FTTH customers reaching a total of 2.2 million of users with the highest Internet speed. At the end of […]