FTTH in Spain continues to grow with almost 154,000 lines added in June to hit 7.6 million customers, according to figures from regulatory body CNMC. FTTH already represents 50 per cent of the total broadband fixed market in the country with 14.57 million. Movistar leads the FTTH market with 3.7 million lines, 48.4 per cent […]
Vodafone and the Spain’s fourth largest telco MasMovil have reached an agreement to share FTTH networks covering some 1.9 million households in the country. With the deal Vodafone will add up to 1 million FTTH homes and will gain access to 100,000 homes currently not covered by its own network and shared infrastructure. As of […]
Spanish telco Telefónica is replicating Spain’s FTTH model with a massive deployment of networks in Brazil. The company already covers 100 cities with plans to extend the network to 20 cities more later in the year. Telefónica is distributing some 100 HD TV channels among them Cartoon Network Ja!, Discovery Kids ON, Esporte Interativo Plus, […]
Local businesses in areas covered by the UK Government’s rollout of superfast broadband have seen a combined £9 billion (€10.05bn) increase in turnover since the boost to their broadband speed, new figures have revealed. The report, The Evaluation of the Economic Impact and Public Value of the Superfast Broadband Programme, is an independent assessment of […]
UK gigabit broadband provider Hyperoptic has completed a debt raise of one quarter of a billion pounds (€280m) from eight leading international banks to extend its full fibre optic network to 50 towns and cities across the country by 2019. It claims this is the largest single investment in the UK for a full fibre […]
Gigabit Internet is now available to 301 million people across 49 countries, according to the latest data in the Gigabit Monitor from VIAVI Solutions. The volume of gigabit Internet deployments has increased by 38 per cent since May 2017. This means that 4.2 per cent of the global population now has gigabit internet available to […]
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has outlined a package of proposed measures to support long-term investment in full-fibre networks. According to Ofcom, consistent, predictable regulation over the coming years can help companies build on recent full fibre commitments, and support the Government’s ambition for 15 million homes to have access to full-fibre broadband by 2025 – […]
Following publication by the UK Government of its long-term strategy for UK telecommunications, a number of industry players and trade bodies have voiced their opinion on forging a full fibre broadband and 5G future for all. ITSPA, the trade body for the next generation communications industry, has welcomed the announcement of the Future Telecoms Infrastructure […]
In a major policy U-turn, the UK government now says FTTH should be fitted as standard in all new homes. The proposal comes as part of a new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). It targets all of the UK will have full-fibre broadband coverage by […]
Research from UK alternative digital infrastructure provider CityFibre suggests that millions of broadband customers across the UK may have been misled about their broadband service. Now that almost all broadband customers say a reliable Internet connection is important to them, clarity on which technology offers the best service is vital. The clear majority (86 per […]