24i, the video streaming specialist, has announced its streaming platform is now being used by Danish fibre broadband provider Waoo to bring its pay-TV service to a new generation of Android TV set top boxes, adding third party aggregated content and enhanced search functionality. Waoo has used the 24i streaming platform since 2010 to bring […]
Australia’s Telstra is to invest up to A$1.6 billion (€1.01bn) to support new inter-city links within Australia and to provide links and capacity for Viasat’s satellite system. The telco said it expected to invest between A$1.4 billion and A$1.6 billion outside of its business-as-usual capital expenditure over the next five years. Telstra said one of […]
According to credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, European telecoms operators continued heavy investment in rolling out fibre and 5G networks will keeping capex high and limit free cash flow (FCF) generation in the short term. The impact will be the greatest on incumbent operators’ FCF as they need to deploy both networks simultaneously and, in […]
Spain’s Telefónica has sold its ADSL network to the Australian Fund Macquarie for €200 million as a way to reduce debt and shed an ‘obsolete technology’. The telco group has been deploying optic fibre to replace the former ADSL networks, so far reaching 4.8 million connections versus 1.1 million ADSL. Telefónica plans to fully abandon […]
Cerillion has announced a significant step in the successful deployment of its Enterprise BSS/OSS suite at Norlys in Denmark, enabling Norlys to expand its market reach through connectivity into the country’s open access wholesale platform. The Cerillion solution automates service fulfilment for new fibre services, enabling Norlys to seamlessly grow its addressable market as it […]
Findings from the 2021 Fiber Provider Study from US trade body the Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) reveal that fibre broadband is strong and entering the largest investment cycle ever. The research, performed by RVA LLC Market Research & Consulting (RVA), shows that fibre broadband now passes over 60.5 million homes in the US alone—a 12 […]
Millions of people working from home, an increase in online sports broadcasts and getting into the festive spirit have driven a 20 per cent increase in broadband traffic in the UK during 2021, according to digital infrastructure provider Openreach, which has shared its annual broadband report, based on the broadband consumption of more than 17 […]
VeEX, a global player in innovative test and measurement solutions for next-generation networks, formally introduces the general availability of its FX182 Optical Channel Checker (OCC). A compact solution to measuring both CWDM and DWDM in 5G networks and Fiber Deep, the FX182 minimizes cross-contamination that may occur when swapping between test sets. Effortless hybrid xWDM […]
Multiplay telco TalkTalk says it is the first major broadband provider in the UK to offer a fibre and Netflix package without having to pay more for an additional TV bundle. The Fibre and Netflix package is available on an 18-month contract basis with TalkTalk’s two Fibre products (average speeds of 38Mbs or 67Mbs), which […]
A report from advisory firm Arthur D Little assessing the main issues that operators face in managing the legacy copper network switch-off processes concludes that having a clear, long-term infrastructure upgrade blueprint that is not just about fibre rollout, but pragmatically considers all potential future-oriented technology solutions, including fixed wireless access and other solutions, is […]