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Swisscom slams regulator’s rejection of point-to-multipoint fibre
Swisscom has condemned a decision by regulator COMCO designed to force it to lay point-to-point…
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Ofcom: over half of UK homes now have access to fibre
A record 17 million UK homes, or 57% of the total, now have access to…
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Ofcom clamps down on inaccurate use of ‘fibre’ word to sell broadband
UK media regulator Ofcom has issued new guidance to broadband providers that requires them to…
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FTTH becomes ever more dominant in Spanish broadband
Fibre-to-the-home lines in Spain passed the milestone of 14.3 million homes in June, while overall…
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Orange’s rivals slam copper net shut-down plan
Orange’s French competitors have expressed dismay over the country’s leading telco’s plan to shut down…
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OTE commits to €3bn investment in fibre
Deutsche Telekom-owned Greek telco OTE has committed to invest over €3 billion by 2027 in…
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Deutsche Glasfaser secures €5.75bn in funding for FTTH
Germany’s Deutsche Glasfaser Group has secured new financing to the tuen of €5.75 billion euros…
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Liberty Global to return to Germany with FTTH joint venture
Liberty Global looks set for a return to the German market two years after selling…
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Fibre overtakes DSL in OECD countries
Fibre internet has surpassed DSL for subscriptions across OECD countries for the first time. In…
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Virgin Media announces broadband deal with Barratt Developments
Liberty Global’s Virgin Media has announced a partnership with Barratt Developments. Barratt Developments is the…
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CityFibre announces restructured Vodafone deal, FibreNation acquisition
Vodafone has announced a restructuring of its deal with CityFibre with a view to accelerating…
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Altice Europe-backed SFR FTTH acquires fibre wholesaler Covage in €1bn deal
Altice Europe and a group of financial investors have agreed to acquire Covage, the fourth…
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FTTH passes nine million mark in Spain
The number of FTTH lines in Spain passed the nine million mark in May, according…
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Deutsche Telekom teams up with EWE for fibre JV
Deutsche Telekom has struck a partnership agreement with energy utility and telecommunications provider EWE to…
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Altice Europe strikes €1.8bn FTTH deal to create ‘leading wholesaler in Europe’
Altice Europe is to sell half of its French fibre-to-the-home business, bringing €1.8 billion in…
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Fibre and cable technologies now dominating global broadband
Some 77% of broadband fixed subscriptions globally are now served by either fibre or cable…
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Sky Italia to launch fibre offering
Sky Italia has struck a long-term deal to launch a fibre-only broadband service from next…
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Teleste and Iskratel team up to enable fibre operators to use coax
Finland-based cable technology outfit Teleste has teamed up with Slovenia-based fibre tech specialist Iskratel to…
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Focusing on FTTP will set back EU Gigabit goals, says Liberty Global report
Focusing exclusively on fibre-to-the-premises is likely to be counter-productive in enabling Europe to reach the…
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WISI to demo solutions for SMATV and FTTH networks
WISI will demo its LR 10 fibre termination platform, OM 10 and OM 20 micro…
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Orange passes fibre milestone
Orange now has over one million fibre broadband customers. The milestone was marked by the…
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Vodafone Portugal to extend FTTH to further half million homes
Vodafone Portugal has said it will extend its fibre-to-the-home network to an additional 550,000 homes…
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Energy efficiency in cable networks on ISBE agenda at ANGA COM
Energy efficiency in cable networks will be one of the main topics up for discussion…
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KPN sees strong IPTV growth
Dutch telco KPN saw its IPTV base grow by 18% in the year to March,…
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FTTH and DOCSIS 3.0 lead global broadband CPE growth
The global broadband consumer premises market was worth US$10.5 billion (€9.9 billion) last year, up…
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Beltelecom passes fibre subscriber milestone
Belarusian service provider Beltelecom has now signed up 300,000 customers to its GPON fibre network,…
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Deutsche Glasfaster chooses Verimatrix and Elemental
German FTTH operator Deutsche Glasfaster has chosen Verimatrix to provide its VCAS content security technology…
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Orange sees strong TV and FTTH growth in France
Orange reported 5.463 million IPTV and satellite customers in France at the end of the…
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Spanish operators agree to share fibre
Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange have agreed a deal to share fibre optic infrastructure in buildings…
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Warburg Pincus invests in Poland’s Inea, plans major FTTH network build
Private equity group Warburg Pincus has, via an affiliate, become a strategic minority investor in…
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