According to a report by research firm Dell’Oro Group, the Broadband Access Equipment market is forecasted to grow at an average annual rate of 1.6 per cent from 2024 to 2029, with total revenue peaking in 2028, driven by ongoing DOCSIS 4.0 and fibre expansion by cable and fibre ISPs. The forecast has increased from […]
As Europe accelerates its path toward full gigabit connectivity, digital resilience, and secure infrastructure, Connect Europe has announced the expansion of its membership with the inclusion of Ukrtelecom, the national telecom operator of Ukraine, effective immediately. Ukrtelecom joins Connect Europe as a Full Member, following endorsement by the General Assembly of the association representing the […]
Telenor has announced the acquisition of GlobalConnect’s consumer business in Norway in a transaction valued at NOK 6 billion (€0.51bn). “This marks a strategic step forward – for our customers and for Telenor. By integrating the consumer part of GlobalConnect’s fibre network into our own, we will extend our reliable and high-performing services to even […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has added a further 21 locations to its Full Fibre rollout – as part of a plan to reach up to five million more homes and businesses during the year to March 2026. The new locations will cover as many as 80,000 rural and urban premises across the country including; […]
The 2025 Spring General Assembly of the FTTH Council Europe brought together industry leaders and stakeholders from its pan-European membership to set strategic priorities and renew the organisation’s leadership. The General Assembly resulted in the composition of a new Board of Directors, including a new President, and the election of new Committee Chairs. The newly […]
Zen Internet, the independent internet service provider, has entered into a strategic agreement with ITS, the UK’s largest pure-business full fibre network operator. The collaboration sees Zen leveraging ITS’s full fibre footprint to offer business-grade connectivity in new geographies further enhancing Zen’s footprint, providing access to a broader range of business-grade connectivity solutions. The agreement […]
VodafoneZiggo is expanding its coverage area to over 600,000 additional addresses where the company does not have its own network, but where Delta Fiber’s fibre-optic network is available. This ensures that Ziggo internet and television services will be available virtually across all of the Netherlands by 2026. The partnership with Delta Fiber seeks to address […]
VodafoneThree has announced a strategic wholesale agreement with London’s largest full fibre network, Community Fibre. The partnership will provide access to Community Fibre’s network, allowing VodafoneThree, under the Vodafone brand (as the converged brand in the VodafoneThree portfolio) to offer full fibre broadband to up to 1.3 million homes across the capital, and become London’s […]
AT&T has further cemented its position as the leading fibre Internet provider in the US by achieving its goal of passing more than 30 million consumer and business locations with its fibre broadband network ahead of plan. “We’re proud to now pass more than 30 million fibre locations — halfway to our goal of reaching […]
Even under increased scrutiny, fixed wireless access (FWA) is still winning over consumers in the US. According to the J.D. Power data, customer satisfaction with FWA – a method of 5G or 4G LTE wireless technology that delivers high-speed internet by leveraging existing wireless networks run by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) – continues to be […]