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 […]
BT reports it has achieved a “new milestone” in the development of quantum-secure communications by conducting the what it claims is the world’s first trial of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a method of ultra-secure communications, over hollow core fibre cable, from Southampton University spin out, Lumenisity Limited. This summer, BT kicked off trials of a […]
Around one in four UK homes can now get faster full-fibre Internet, as broadband companies have extended their networks at rapid pace during the pandemic, according to findings from comms regulator Ofcom. New figures published in Ofcom’s Connected Nations summer update show that just under seven million (24 per cent) of all UK homes can […]
A partnership between Ukrainian telecom operator JSC Ukrtelecom and European ICT vendor and solutions provider Iskratel aims to bring better broadband to Ukraine and expand the country’s fibre optic network. The three-year network expansion programme — financed by Ukrtelecom, Iskratel and its financial partners — provides more than 300 locations in various Ukrainian regions with […]