Fibre-to-the-building Internet Service Provider Hyperoptic has been named the fastest broadband provider in the UK in the annual Broadband Genie home broadband awards. Comparison site Broadband Genie’s analysis of 91,000 speed tests carried out in 2019 found Hyperoptic had an average download speed of 211Mbps and an average upload speed of 166Mbps. But Hyperoptic wasn’t […]
Spain’s Cellnex and France’s Bouygues Telecom have entered into a strategic partnership to set up a joint company (51 per cent owned by Cellnex and 49 per cent by Bouygues) that will deploy a national optic fibre network throughout France, providing fixed and mobile connectivity and boosting the roll out of 5G. The new company […]
ETSI has announced the launch of a new group dedicated to specifying the fifth generation of Fixed Network (ETSI ISG F5G). ETSI stated we are entering a new era of communications, and fixed networks play an essential role in that evolution alongside and in cooperation with mobile networks. Building on previous generations of fixed networks, […]
Full year results from Movistar reveal that in 2019 the Telefónica-owned telco reached 4.3 million FTTH customers, up 9.8 per cent year-on-year, but pay-TV subscribers were down 0.4 per cent to a total of 4.07 million. Movistar has already passed 23.1 million homes for FTTH, adding 449,000 in the last quarter of 2019 and 1.8 […]
Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc, which provides gigabit fibre broadband Internet and IPTV to a number of locations in the US, will no longer be offering a traditional linear TV product to its new subscribers, saying it is happy to help everyone explore other options to get their favourite programming […]
FTTH continues its rapid growth in Spain and now has over 9.7 million lines – up 145,738 since October 2019, according to latest data from the CNMC. Year-on-year. FTTH lines increased by 1.7 million to the detriment of ADSL with a 1.2 million drop. Over the last four years FTTH has risen by 5.34 million […]
Following his election as Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Julian Knight MP has set out three areas he sees as priorities during his tenure. He said he was “delighted” to have secured the support of the House to lead the DCMS Committee in the new Parliament. “Having […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has made changes to its regulations that will help broadband companies upgrade customers to faster broadband more efficiently, and support digital infrastructure provider Openreach’s trials in Salisbury and Mildenhall. Openreach’s trials in Salisbury and Mildenhall will test the processes for moving customers off older broadband and telephone services, as part of […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has outlined plans to make ultrafast, ultra-reliable and future-proof broadband available in 227 market towns and villages across the nation, with building to commence within the next 14 months. The portion of this build plan completed by March 2021 is within Openreach’s previously stated target to reach four million homes […]
In parallel to its deal with UK telco Vodafone to support its full-fibre rollout, broadband infrastructure provider CityFibre has acquired FibreNation from TalkTalk Group, increasing CityFibre’s rollout target from 5 million to up to 8 million premises. This investment programme, totalling up to £4 billion, will also secure TalkTalk as a major wholesale customer across […]