InCoax and Nokia have signed an agreement to integrate InCoax’s solution into Nokia’s Gigabit Connect portfolio. The MoCA Access-based solution enables cable and service providers to deliver multi-gigabit broadband services over existing coaxial cables in multi-dwelling units (MDUs) and buildings that are too difficult to serve with fibre. The solution will be marketed through Nokia’s […]
According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, total Cable Outside Plant (OSP) quipment revenues are expected to increase to $972 million (€906.6m) in 2024, up 15 per cent year-over-year (Y/Y), driven largely by continued mid- and high-split DOCSIS 3.1 and DAA […]
Zen Internet became the first broadband wholesaler to offer the latest 1.2Gbps and 1.8Gbps FTTP (Fibre to the Premises) packages over the Openreach network when it connected its first Partner end-user in May. The new products are now available to 5.5 million premises providing Zen’s Partner base with access to high speeds, enhanced reliability, and […]
Point Topic has completed its latest forecasts for fixed broadband subscribers by technology. They are based on Global Broadband Subscriber figures for up to Q4 2023. By 2030 Point Topic is projecting a total of 1.39 billion subscribers to a fixed broadband connection in the 29 largest broadband markets in the world. Full fibre (FTTP) is […]
The US fibre rollout may be slow and concentrated in urban areas, but it’s customers’ preferred choice when available. Fibre internet service providers (ISPs) outshine non-fiber ISPs 76 to 68 (out of 100) for customer satisfaction, per the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Telecommunications Study 2024. Yet, although fibre remains the top broadband choice, 5G […]
Trade body the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has published findings on The Benefits of Retiring Copper Today, noting that many telecommunications providers still face unnecessary complexity and expense by continuing to operate legacy copper last-mile broadband infrastructure, especially if they already migrated to fibre in the core and access network. The study explores the cost benefits and […]
Sunrise reports it has more than doubled the speed of its hybrid fibre-coaxial cable network. “Fast and reliable Internet is a basic need, not only in cities, but throughout Switzerland. That’s why we’re more than doubling the Internet speed on our hybrid fibre-coaxial cable network, to which around 80 per cent of Swiss households are […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has published updated plans to build ultrafast, ultra-reliable Full Fibre broadband to 517 more locations across the UK – covering a further 2.7 million homes and businesses. The new tranche of locations includes 400,000 premises in the hardest to reach, most rural parts of the UK with a spread across […]
BT Group has announced a revision to its timetable for moving all customers off the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and onto digital landlines. The move follows the introduction of a series of improvements to the programme to better protect vulnerable customers and those with additional needs. BT Group’s Consumer division has restarted switching zero-use […]
nexfibre, the next-generation fibre operator, has announced it is connecting over 30,000 premises in Sedgefield constituency to its full-fibre network. The investment is part of the business’s wider plan to add over 40,000 premises across Durham in 2024, in partnership with its build partner and anchor tenant, Virgin Media O2. nexfibre says the investment in […]