Multinational telco and media company Altice has reported a successful year of execution for 2016 including the rapid integration of US businesses and transformation into leading transatlantic, converged telecoms and media operator. All businesses across Altice Group recorded positive revenue growth, marking the best quarterly performance in Q4 since Altice’s IPO. Altice Group Revenue, at […]
Free, a subsidiary of French telco Iliad, has claimed record ultra-fast network rollouts in 2016, with 4.4 million FTTH connections and 310,000 subscribers at the end of 2016. Free aims to achieve a 25 per cent share of the broadband and ultra-fast broadband market, and to increase its FTTH subscriber base by 200,000+ in 2017, […]
The FTTH Council Europe made public the first results of its updated study on the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU showing that the outstanding costs of full fibre coverage in the EU are €156 billion as input to the ongoing legislative debate on the proposal for a European Electronic Communications Code. The cost […]
At the FTTH Conference 2017, Huawei officially released its GigaHome solution designed to help operators build smart and easy-to-use home networks offering a premium service experience for users. At the conference Huawei demonstrated how the GigaHome solution supports multiple digital home applications to deliver a smart home service that gives users convenience, security, accessibility and […]
The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 23 per cent over the first nine months of 2016, reaching nearly 44.3 million FTTH/B subscribers. Homes passed increased by 17 per cent, reaching more than 148 million in EU39* at end-September 2016, according to the […]
Italy’s Antitrust Authority has opened proceedings against Telecom Italia and Fastweb for possible uncompetitive practices regarding their joint fibre optic venture Flash Fiber. Flash Fiber aims to build fibre-optic networks in FTTH architecture in Italy’s 29 biggest cities already covered by FTTC by 2020. The two companies plan to invest over €1 billion in the […]
The rapid take-up of FTTH along with the success of new TV services like HBO and Netflix have seen Vodafone significantly increase its subscriber basis in the last quarter of 206. The company captured 115,000 new FTTH customers reaching a total of 2.2 million of users with the highest Internet speed. At the end of […]
Swedish cable TV firm Com Hem has reported Q4 revenues of SEK 1,780 million (€188.4m), up 40 per cent. Operating profits were at SEK 228 million, up 20 per cent. Com Hem reported strong volume growth in broadband, up 13,000 to 702,000 RGUs.cDigital-TV RGU’s totalled 644,000, with a continued growth of 6,000 TiVo customers (penetration […]
devolo Operator Solutions has become a new member of the Fibre To The Home (FFTH) Council Europe. The organisation supports the rapid installation of fibre-based access networks in order to enable consumers and businesses to benefit from powerful high-speed connectivity. FTTH Council Europe brings together companies with exceptionally innovative product portfolios and leading market solutions. […]
Bellway at QEII, a development of new homes in Welwyn Garden City, will be the first garden city housing development in the UK to offer its residents symmetrical gigabit speeds – 1,000Mbps – over 128 times faster than traditional ADSL services. Homes are already available for sale in the development, which compromises 163 properties including […]