A trial has been launched to establish the extent to which satellites can be used to deliver high-speed connections to more than a dozen ‘very hard to reach’ UK locations – the less than one per cent of sites which are too difficult to upgrade via expensive physical cables in more extreme locations such as […]
France has agreed with other major European nations and is the prime supporter in cash terms for the EU’s request for extra funding for the proposed European Union’s medium Earth orbiting satellite broadband system. France will pay “up to €300 million” for the broadband system although the commitment is somewhat dependent on which consortium wins […]
Ciena Corporation a networking systems, services and software company, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tibit Communications, a privately-held company headquartered in Petaluma, California, and that it has acquired Benu Networks, Inc., a privately-held company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. Tibit and Benu are focused on simplifying broadband access networks through next-generation PON technologies […]
The US Federal Communications Commission has unveiled new rules that will for the first time require broadband providers to display easy-to-understand labels to allow consumers to comparison shop for broadband services. The Report and Order approved by the Commission creates rules that require broadband providers to display, at the point of sale, labels that show […]
Dramatic increases in provisioned speeds are continuing to shift the broadband landscape, according to the Q3 2022 edition of the OpenVault Broadband Insights report. The report was issued by OpenVault, a market-leading source of SaaS-based revenue and network improvement solutions and data-driven insights for the broadband industry. Using data aggregated from OpenVault’s broadband management tools, […]
Findings from Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and wireline phone providers and fixed wireless services in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 825,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in Q3 2022, similar to a pro forma gain of about 820,000 subscribers in Q3 2021. […]
Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks and data centre industries, has released the results of a survey finding that 100 per cent of respondents have either deployed or are planning to deploy some form of vCMTS architecture in their networks within the next 24 months. Of those planning to […]
October was relatively steady in the Netflix ISP Speed Index – a monthly update on which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. A total of 131 internet service providers (ISPs) moved up 0.2 Mbps from September’s results, 300 ISPs stayed the same, and one ISP, Reytel DSL in Honduras, saw a drop […]
Virgin Media O2 is giving millions of its customers a broadband speed boost at no extra cost, offering them even more megabits for their money at a time households are increasingly reliant on broadband to stay connected and entertained. The boost, effective immediately, will see Virgin Media’s M100 service benefit from a 22 per cent […]
Bath-based Truespeed has announced a £22 million (€25.5m) investment across multiple South West locations including South Gloucestershire, North Somerset and Bath as it continues to accelerate the rollout of its ultrafast full fibre broadband throughout the region. Truespeed has added 12 new areas to its full fibre rollout plan. For the first time, Truespeed is expanding its […]