The FTTH Council has written an open letter to attendees at the Telecoms Council, warning against misleading promotions for fibre speeds and service levels: ‘As the European Electronic Communications Code is being formally adopted by the Telecoms Council, we would like to highlight that misleading advertising practices directly undermine the achievement of the new, fourth […]
Altice France is selling a group of investors a 49.99 per cent stake in SFR FTTH, a new fibre venture that will bring fibre to 5 million French premises. Allianz Capital Partners, AXA Investment Managers and Canadian investment firm Omers Infrastructure will acquire the stake for a total cash consideration of €1.8 billion, based on […]
The new Connecting Everyone report from French research company IDATE has revealed the real-world challenges in building universal Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) coverage, leaving a massive opportunity for ultra-fast Gfast and Fixed Wireless technology to deliver high-speed broadband. Released at the IDATE DigiWorld Summit in Paris overnight, Connecting Everyone revealed that in the total serviceable global Fibre-to-the-Building […]
UK broadband infrastructure provider Openreach has announced an extension to its Gfast ultrafast broadband footprint with a plan to make faster, more reliable broadband available to just over a million homes and businesses. It says the multimillion pound investment will not only boost local productivity and competitiveness but will also help to reinforce the UK’s […]
FTTH has become the main access technology for pay-TV services in Portugal at the end of the first half of 2018, accounting for 38.2 per cent of total subscribers. The data from the National Communications Authority (Anacom) reveals that there were 3.9 million pay-TV subscribers in Portugal, up 131,000 on the same period last year. […]
The European Parliament has gathered in Strasbourg on November 15th to approve the new European Electronic Communications Code, which will soon become the new legislative framework for telecommunications. The FTTH Council Europe welcomes this vote on a new framework which provides the National Regulatory Authorities with the guidance and the tools to reflect Europe’s ambition […]
The pay-TV football war is taken its toll on the performance of Vodafone Spain. In the first six months of FY 2018 (from April 1 to September 30), Vodafone Spain lost 98,000 subscribers and saw its revenues fall by 3.2 per cent to €2.42 billion. Revenues per service fell by 4.7 per cent to €2.20 […]
As Singapore continues to rapidly digitalise, StarHub is assisting cable customers to get their homes onto fibre connectivity. Donovan Kik, Vice President of Segment and Marketing, StarHub, said, “We constantly refresh our service offerings to ensure they are aligned with what our customers desire, including the best possible service standards and more choices on the […]
UK telco BT has reported revenue of £11.588 billion for its second quarter, down 2 per cent and adjusted revenue of £11.624 billion, down 1 per cent as growth in its consumer business was offset by regulated price reductions in its Openreach infrastructure subsidiary and declines in its enterprise businesses. Operationally, the telco reported that […]
The UK Government is to give rural areas a £200 million funding package as part of its full-fibre broadband pledge. The money – announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond as part of his Budget measures – has been allocated from the National Productivity Infrastructure Fund and is intended as a stimulus for companies […]