FTTH grew by 112,000 lines in Spain in August totalling 9.6 million, according to the CNMC. In a year FTTH has experienced an increase of 1.8 million, with DSL losing 1.2 million by contrast. FTTH already represents 64 per cent of the total 15 million fixed broadband lines. Movistar is the market leader with 4.2 […]
Connecting the UK to Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband by 2025 would deliver almost a £60 billion (€68bn) boost to UK productivity – an average of more than £1,700 per worker – by unlocking smarter ways of working, better public services and greater opportunities for the next-generation of home-grown businesses. The figures are featured in a new […]
A new law will ensure the nine million people in the UK living in blocks of flats aren’t left behind in the Government’s nationwide upgrade to gigabit speed broadband, Digital Secretary Nicky Morgan has confirmed. The measures will make it easier to install faster Internet connections in blocks of flats where landlords repeatedly ignore requests […]
Zegona-controlled telco operator Euskaltel plans to sell its FTTH network to finance its national expansion throughout Spain. This plan, however, is being opposed by Euskaltel’s workers who regard the operation as potentially “harmful” to the company’s interests by reducing its infrastructure resources. Workers fear a redundancy plan in a later phase within R and possibl […]
Engineers at UK digital infrastructure business Openreach are trialling a range of new tools and techniques as they work to upgrade 13 of the UK’s rural communities to faster, more reliable and future-proof broadband technology. The trials are part of the company’s ambition to extend its new ‘full’ fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network into areas that are […]
Singapore multiplay operator StarHub has confirmed the completion of its cable-to-fibre migration for its TV and broadband services. “Over the past 10 months, StarHub assisted hundreds of thousands of customers to migrate from cable services to superior, high-speed fibre services,” advised Johan Buse, Chief of Consumer Business Group, StarHub. “Migrations of this scale are never […]
Openreach, the UK’s digital infrastructure company, has announced 29 towns, cities and boroughs where it will be building new future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology over the next year and a half. For the first time, Openreach is extending the published view of its build plans from 12 to 18 months, providing customers, councils and the […]
MásMóvil has announced a new fibre and mobile network agreement with Orange Spain that is says will allow the Company to improve its competitive position and increase its profitability in a relevant way. Thanks to this agreement, MásMóvil has guaranteed it access to the new 5G technology under favorable conditions, significantly increases its fibre optic […]
Virgin Media has switched on what it claims is the UK’s fastest gigabit home broadband services across Southampton. It is the first city to benefit from the company’s plan to bring gigabit speeds to nearly 15 million homes by the end of 2021 – the entire Virgin Media network. Virgin Media’s Gig1 is now available […]
UK multiplay operator Sky and last-mile multiutility networks provider BUUK Infrastructure have formed a strategic partnership that will see Sky obtain wholesale access to BUUK’s full fibre networks across the UK, opening up significant new headroom for growth in the new-build segment of the residential market. As part of the deal, Sky will become the […]