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British Fibre Networks starts work on first full fibre deployment

16 August 2018

UK start-up operator, British Fibre Networks has started work on its first installation - a new build apartment block in North Wales for housebuilder, LW Group. The company says that it will begin further work shortly on developments in Cheshire and Liverpool.

Business

Virgin Media expands Sunderland broadband network

15 August 2018

More than 7,000 homes and businesses in Sunderland, the UK, will be next to access Virgin Media’s ultrafast broadband as the provider expands its network under the ‘Project Lightning’ programme, which aims to provide speeds up to 362Mb/s in the region.

Business

Deal agreed for undersea cable connecting Europe and Latin America

14 August 2018

The Building Europe Link to Latin America (BELLA) consortium - which boasts a leading investor in the European Commission - has signed an agreement with another consortium, EllaLink, to deploy an underwater fibre optic cable connecting Europe and Latin America.

Applications, Industry

DOCSIS 3.1 enabled on Australian NBN HFC network in focus on capacity growth

13 August 2018

Australia’s broadband network operator NBN Co has started enabling DOCSIS 3.1 cable technology on its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network in a move to increase activations. The incumbent intends to focus on doubling the downstream capacity on the network, which is due for completion in 2020.

Product news >>

Spirent launches 8-port high density tester for GbE

14 August 2018

Spirent Communications has revealed what it says is the world’s first 8-port 1U-high rack mountable solution for testing 400/200/100/50 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE).

Sidewinder from AFL eases tactical fibre deployment

03 August 2018

AFL has expanded its range of ground tactical fibre optics products for fast deployment with the Sidewinder Rapid Cable Deployment System.

Prysmian Group enhances flexible ribbon technology

02 August 2018

Industrial Gigabit Switches from D-Link designed for smart city, factory automation and industry 4.0 applications

13 July 2018

Network Operating System from Coriant designed for hardware-independent flexibility

11 July 2018

New kits from Sticklers to ensure clean fibre in FTTA and FTTH applications

11 July 2018

Enhanced 100G CWDM4+ transceivers from Kaiam designed to address data centre deployment issues

04 July 2018

Press releases >>

New Europe general manager for Swiss cable firm

14 August 2018

Independent Fibre Networks Ltd (IFNL) rebrands

08 August 2018

First winner of VIAVI competition announced

30 July 2018

Awards launched by INCA to reward alternative network providers

18 July 2018

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Opinion, Cable TV networks

In advance

08 June 2018

Vanesa Diaz discusses building advanced cable TV networks for gigabit services

Fibre Systems TV >>

ANGA COM: Interview with Edwin Brouwer, Go!Foton

ANGA COM: Interview with Michael Zammit, Go!Foton

ANGA COM: Interview with Richard Eichhorn, Sterlite Tech

Analysis & Opinion >>

Business, Industry

Acquisition debate for Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom at ANGA COM summit

20 June 2018

The second day of this year’s ANGA COM conference and exhibition in Cologne saw the Broadband and Media Summit prompt lively debate amongst panellists, particularly regarding the recently announced Vodafone Deutschland-Unitymedia acquisition. Keely Portway reports

Magic number

04 June 2018

Ana Pesovic discusses the three core elements required in creating a smart city

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Not all underground cables are made equal

The Fibre Network Solutions team at Fujikura Europe

13 August 2018

A major contributing factor facing Infrastructure Providers (IP’s) and Communication Providers (CP’s) alike when deploying Next-generation access (NGA) networks - including fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) architectures - is to optimise the use of available space within underground ducts and manholes.

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Fujikura fibre detection unit supports Magyar Telekom in keeping its customers connected

Fujikura

9 July 2018

Fujikura developed and manufactured a set of Fibre Optic Identifiers (FID-30R & FID-31R) used for the essential maintenance and installation of fibre networks

Viewpoint

Fully Analog Optical Connectivity for High-Performance Computing (HPC)

Marek Tlalka, Senior Director of Marketing at Macom

5 June 2018

The amount of computing horsepower at our disposal today is growing at a staggering rate, driven by huge gains in processing performance, power optimization and architectural innovations. This progress is being driven at every level of the technology market, but none more so than the High-Performance Computing (HPC) ecosystem.