United Fiber, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Group and the company behind the design and deployment of the SE European next-generation fibre infrastructure, has confirmed that construction of its new Athens–Thessaloniki underground route remains on schedule for completion in October 2025. Once built, it will be marketed by United Group International (UGI), United Group’s […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 163 new exchange locations, covering a record number of 1.6 million premises across the nation, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection. The […]
The market availability of solutions to support the next generation of fibre networks has been accelerated thanks to interoperability testing of 50G-PON and 25GS-PON technologies. The latest Broadband Forum Plugfest event marked the first time that 50G-PON – or Higher speed (HS-PON) – was tested at the interoperability event series, and the second time for […]
Charlie Ergen-backed Dish Network has sold off its fibre division. Mereo Networks has acquired Dish Fibre Internet LLC for an undisclosed sum. Dish Fiber is a bulk fibre internet and video content provider serving over 25,000 residential units across 33 US states. The deal will strengthen Mereo’s target growth markets in the Sun Belt, Mountain […]
Multiplay service revenue in India is predicted to grow at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2 per cent from $2.4 billion (€2.1bn) in 2024 to $3 billion in 2029, in line with the continued growth in the number of multiplay households, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. The ongoing fibre-optic network […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telco, security, networks and data centre industries, telco operators scaled back wireless and wireline investments in 2024. The high-level relationship between carrier revenues, capex and telecom equipment was mostly stable, as both telecom capex and telecom equipment revenues tanked in 2024. […]
ANGA COM, the European Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online from June 3rd to 5th in Cologne, has published its conference programme with the up-to-date key topics of the broadband, TV and streaming industry. This year’s three-day agenda features a particularly high level of participation from CEOs and even more international panels than […]
Institutions lending money to fibre network builders are focusing their investments on homes ‘activated’ in an attempt to maximise returns, according to the FTTH Council Europe’s latest overview of fibre financing transactions. After reaching an all time high in 2022, the challenging market environment has led to FTTX financing markets experiencing less but stable activity […]
CityFibre, the UK independent full fibre platform, has announced the acquisition of Connexin’s full fibre infrastructure, establishing a material foothold across Hull and East Riding and enabling the expansion of CityFibre’s footprint by up to 185,000 premises. The agreement will see Connexin’s shareholder, Patrizia’s European Infrastructure Fund II, become a minority shareholder in CityFibre. The […]
Nokia has announced the launch of Broadband Easy, a digital platform and set of services that help operators streamline and accelerate the process of deploying fibre. The digital platform gives operators full visibility and control of the entire fiber rollout process, while advanced automation and AI models help ensure design, installations, and budget of the […]