Deutsche Telekom will build and operate the network of the future for the Stuttgart Region, laying the foundation for digitalisation of the area. The company is investing a total of up to €1.1 billion. The Region is providing a funding programme valued at up to €500 million to the commercial rollout. Deutsche Telekom and the […]
Virgin Media has officially passed 900,000 premises in Ireland with its ultrafast fibre broadband network. Over the past two years, Virgin Media has added 100,000 new homes and businesses to its network map in Ireland, and is on target to reach the 1 million milestone over the next 2 years. The announcement forms part of […]
At the end of June 2017, more than three quarters of homes in the 28 countries in the European Union (EU28) had access to high-speed broadband services. For the first time, 4G LTE availability matched 3G HSPA networks, in terms of the number of households covered. Published by the European Commission, the Broadband Coverage in […]
UK broadband regulator Ofcom needs to consider new approaches to spectrum management to realise the full possibilities of 5G across the country, according to Malcolm Corbett, CEO of INCA (Independent Networks Co-operative Association), the co-operative trade association for next generation broadband services in the UK, as a new report revealed Fixed Wireless Access can play […]
France’s telecoms regulator Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes) has ruled on a fibre access dispute between dominant telco Orange and Free, clarifying the terms governing Free’s access to the Orange FTTH networks that it is co-financing. France’s main national operators have chosen to build a new Fibre to the Home […]
Spanish telco Telefónica has announced plans to intensify FTTH deployments in Latin America, replicating the Spanish model, during a meeting with investors in London. The head of Global Networks, Enrique Blanco, has said that the company will now focus on Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Colombia in deploying FTTH networks once the deployment in Spain is […]
UK communications regulator Ofcom has published its first progress report on the legal separation of Openreach from its parent company BT. BT agreed in March 2017 to Ofcom’s requirements to make Openreach – which runs the UK’s main phone and broadband network – a distinct company. This means Openreach having its own staff, management and […]
Sky Italia is following its UK sister operation and is expanding its OTT fibre-based package of channels. Sky Italia will now work with Telecom Italia (TIM) and other telcos. A report from equity analysts at Deutsche Bank says this is a negative report for Eutelsat given that Sky Italia is their largest single client and […]
The co-legislators gathered today (June 6th) in presence of the European Commission reached an agreement on the European Electronic Communications Code, the piece of legislation aimed at revising the existing legislative framework for telecommunications. The FTTH Council Europe says it congratulates the policy-makers for this landmark agreement and welcomes the new Code, which promotes competitive […]
Nokia has announced that Frontier Communications, an integrated US-based communications provider delivering voice, data, high-speed Internet and video services, will deploy Nokia’s XGS-PON technology to deliver faster broadband speeds to business and residential customers. The phased roll out of the new enhanced services will initially focus on the greater Dallas/Fort Worth areas of Texas before […]