The latest European market forecast for the period 2020-2026 was revealed at the virtual FTTH Conference, alongside a flash update of the 2020 FTTH Market Panorama.
Editor's picks
Keely Portway counts down some of the most-viewed and industry-shaping news stories of 2020
CityFibre’s recruitment programme will include the identification and training of thousands of unemployed UK residents
There's a shortage of skilled fibre professionals in Europe. How can we, as an industry, work towards addressing this? Keely Portway finds out
News
15 January 2021
Cisco and Acacia Communications have now reached an agreement regarding their proposed merger, with an amendment to the original agreement
07 January 2021
Exfo has been chosen by Openreach to collaborate on its major initiative to accelerate full-fibre deployment, and enhance the quality of build and experience across the UK.
06 January 2021
Potosí, Bolivia, the highest city in the world, is set to benefit from the deployment of a GPON broadband network.
06 January 2021
European bandwidth infrastructure firm, euNetworks has acquired 100 per cent shares of duct and sub-duct based fibre network, The Loop Manchester from Gamma Telecom.
06 January 2021
A new Bloomberg Intelligence report predicts a consolidation comeback in the European telecom market this year.
05 January 2021
Openreach, the access network division of BT Group, is creating 5,300 UK-based engineering jobs, to be filled this year.
Analysis & opinion
26 November 2020
Leading industry lights talk to Keely Portway about the challenges and opportunities faced by the optical communications supply chain in the last 12 months, and predict what could lie ahead
25 November 2020
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
25 November 2020
The all-important multi-vendor interoperability can only be achieved via industry collaboration, finds Keely Portway
Features
26 November 2020
Recovery plans for a post-pandemic world have one key ingredient in common across the globe – sustainability. Keely Portway outlines how the telecoms sector is playing its not insignificant part
25 November 2020
Keely Portway on how the pandemic has affected FTTH deployment in Europe and America, and what needs to be done in the next 12 months to meet various governments’ ambitious targets
23 November 2020
Keely Portway examines the latest 400ZR implementation agreement and asks, what does it mean for test and measurement?
CityFibre’s recruitment programme will include the identification and training of thousands of unemployed UK residents
13 November 2020
There's a shortage of skilled fibre professionals in Europe. How can we, as an industry, work towards addressing this? Keely Portway finds out
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Product News
07 December 2020
Optoscribe has launched a monolithic glass chip for low-loss coupling to silicon photonics (SiPh) grating couplers.
03 December 2020
STL launched the Celesta ribbon optical fibre cable at this year’s virtual FTTH Conference.
01 December 2020
Viavi Solutions has introduced the Viavi Optimeter, a new type of network test tool to speed and simplify last mile optical fibre activation and maintenance.
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23 November 2020
John Guest has launched a new range of ultra-transparent and robust Direct Buried Blown Fibre Straight Connectors.
20 November 2020
PPC Broadband has launched the Hapi Miniflex cable installation tool.
13 November 2020
Optelian has introduced its Deploy Anywhere (DA) Series – a multi-service, compact and hardened (OSP-compliant) platform designed for multi-haul transport upgrades, remote business services access and fiber deep architectures.
07 October 2020
Acacia Communications is sampling a new 100G coherent dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) pluggable solution.
06 October 2020
Viavi Solutions has introduced new test and measurement offerings for optical lab, production and manufacturing environments.
Press releases
R&M has opened a new production plant in China.
Eddie Edwards, president and chief executive officer at CommScope has stepped down after 15 years of service.
Corning Incorporated has joined the optical communications industry in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the invention of low-loss optical fibre.
The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance published its second 5G White Paper and has launched further projects based on its conclusions.
DZS has announced the consolidation of its acquired brands under DZS and its new senior leadership team and organizational structure designed to accelerate globalization of its groundbreaking innovations.
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The plans for an economic recovery will undoubtedly need vast levels of public and private investment.
Leading industry lights talk to Keely Portway about the challenges and opportunities faced by the optical communications supply chain in the last 12 months, and predict what could lie ahead
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
While the Covid-19 crisis clearly impacted infrastructure deployment in Europe in 2020, it also undoubtedly reinforced operators’ mid-term FTTH ambitions
The all-important multi-vendor interoperability can only be achieved via industry collaboration, finds Keely Portway
2020 has shown standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow, and that’s something to be excited about, argues Bernd Hesse
Keely Portway counts down some of the most-viewed and industry-shaping news stories of 2020
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