Samsung Electronics and Italian telco Fastweb are to conduct Italy’s first 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) trial on commercial spectrum. Companies are trialling to demonstrate how 5G FWA networks could serve as a compelling alternative to FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) to deliver ultra-broadband connectivity and gigabit experience to end users. Following the recently-signed agreement by the companies, […]
The digital divide between Americans with and without access to modern broadband networks has narrowed substantially, according to the draft 2019 Broadband Deployment Report, which has been circulated by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to his fellow commissioners. “For the past two years, closing the digital divide has been the FCC’s top priority,” Chairman Pai said. […]
eir has launched its fixed network investment programme, which will cost more than €0.5 billion over five years and pass an additional 1.4 million premises with an FTTH network capable of speeds up to 10 Gbps. “Ireland’s Fibre Network”, the next step in the evolution of eir’s network and the expansion of the telecoms infrastructure […]
Netflix has released January data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. A number of ISPs experienced significant speed decreases on the index this month. The biggest decline hit Israel’s 099.net, whose speeds slowed by 0.75 Megabits per second (Mbps), […]
The fibre network of French Internet Service Provider (ISP) ZEOP has been upgraded by Iskratel, a European provider of broadband access solutions – enabling the operator to deliver enhanced, triple-play services to its customers and gain additional revenue. Iskratel’s GPON FTTH Home Gateway Innbox G68 solution was installed across ZEOP’s network on Réunion Island, providing […]
Nokia and German service provider M-net are testing ‘probabilistic constellation shaping’ using Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) as part of the preparation for rolling out a new wave division multiplexing (WDM) network for the southern German state of Bavaria. PSE-3 uses probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS), an advanced signal processing technique pioneered by Bell Labs. […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media is trialling what it says is the UK’s fastest home broadband after successfully testing a connection offering speeds of more than 8Gbps to homes in the Cambridgeshire region of England. The hyperfast connection uses Virgin Media’s existing fibre network to provide download speeds more than 200 times faster the UK […]
KDDI, a leading telecommunications operator in Japan, is deploying Nokia’s G.fast solution to apartments and multi-dwelling units (MDU) buildings to deliver ultra-broadband services to customers. Reducing the need to install new fiber, Nokia’s technology will enable KDDI to use existing copper lines in MDU buildings to deliver 830Mbps combined uplink and downlink speeds to customers. […]
The UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Amber Rudd MP, has welcomed news that Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, will hire 3,000 new trainees – of which around 1,600 are newly created roles – over the next 12 months. The announcement is an extension of Openreach’s largest ever recruitment drive, with 6,500 […]
Open Fiber, the sole wholesale-only player in the Italian broadband market, has selected Nokia for a fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout that will bring ultra-broadband services to the small towns and rural areas of Italy. The Open Fiber network will bring optical fibre from a point of presence to the customer’s home and deliver speeds of up […]