Orange Spain has agreed a partnership with Group Ezentis to undertake the installation and deployment of optic fibre and its maintenance for a two year period for a total of €14 million. Following the agreement, Ezentis will be responsible for the installation of FTTH network and the breakdown service. The deal has come two days […]
Spain’s Telefonica has allied with the Canadian Fund Caisse de Depot et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to set up FiBrasil, an optic fibre giant that wull deploy and operate a FTTH network in Brazil, with access to all telco operators in the country. Both partners will hold a 50 per cent stake in the new […]
The total fixed communications services revenue in Australia is expected to increase at a sluggish compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent from $9.9 billion in 2020 to $10.2 billion in 2025, supported by the growth in fixed broadband segment, according to GlobalData, the data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Australia […]
At a time in which the EU is striving for digital sovereignty, fresh data shows that Europe is trailing global peers on key network roll-out and digital investment metrics, including on 5G, AI and network investment. Despite this, Europe shows progress with respect to last year, with more people covered
Dominant French multiplay telco Orange has entered into an exclusivity agreement with La Banque des Territoires (Caisse des Dépôts), CNP Assurances and EDF Invest for the sale of a 50 per cent equity interest and co-control of fibre-optic unit Orange Concessions. With 23 public initiative networks (PIN) representing over 4.5 million built or to-be-built plugs, […]
MásMóvil, the #4 telco in Spain, has reached over 2 million fixed broadband subscribers in just over four years, a record time to achieve that goal in the country. More than 90 per cent of the total, some 1.8 million, are FTTH customers with the company significantly capturing a lot of FTTH subscribers in the […]
Henry West, Truespeed Commercial Director, has offered his predictions for 2021: A spotlight on bandwidth Ask anyone in the WFH gang about connectivity and they will impress on you the importance of fast, reliable broadband. Home workers’ struggles with spinning wheels and dropped video calls has led to a surge of interest in what infrastructure […]
The FTTH Council has revealed the results of its second study aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings which could be made by building converged 5G-fibre networks. It demonstrates that deploying FTTH today with sufficient spare capacity will result in significant savings tomorrow for the rollout of 5G networks. “Last year’s study clearly highlighted the […]
The FTTH Council Europe has released a study that highlights the benefits of copper switch off to the environment, society, consumers, investors and operators, as well as possible implications for policy-makers and regulators and calls attention to the challenges and potential solutions that will ease the transition to fibre infrastructures across Europe. Since last year, […]
The latest FTTH Forecasts for 2020 and 2026 have been revealed at the FTTH virtual Conference 2020, prepared by IDATE with the FTTH Council Europe’s Market Intelligence Committee. These numbers were reviewed after the Covid-19 initial wave during 2020. These market forecasts cover 39 countries and provide an individual analysis for 15 countries . Estimates […]