UK alternative fibre provider, CityFibre has been selected by Three to help connect an additional 1,300 mobile masts across 59 towns and cities under a multi-million pound contract.
Alternative network provider, CityFibre has committed to a three-year recruitment and training programme to provide up to 10,000 jobs upgrading the UK’s digital infrastructure to full fibre.
UK alternative network provider, CityFibre has confirmed that it will continue to build and maintain its networks, with full approval from UK government.
UK mobile operator, Three will make 5G mobile available in 65 new locations across the UK from the end of the month.
UK altnet, CityFibre has acquired broadband network provider, FibreNation from TalkTalk Group.
The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom has revealed its latest major proposals to accelerate investment in full-fibre broadband, under the Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review 2021-26.
At the recent Conservative Party conference, chancellor Sajid Javid pledged to invest £5bn to support the roll-out of full fibre in the UK.
Alternative network provider, CityFibre has awarded a strategic supplier agreement to Prysmian Group, and joined SSE Enterprise Telecoms’ last-mile metro network providers.
As UK leadership candidate Boris Johnson pledges to make full fibre available for all UK homes by 2025, the industry questions whether this is entirely realistic.
The High Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority over its decision on the use of the term ‘fibre’ in advertising.
The recent Covid-19 pandemic has changed many areas of our daily life, from going to a place of work, how we spend our holidays, to eating out and socialising with friends and family. For fibre engineers, it has arguably had a much greater impact.
In 2020, video calls have become ubiquitous thanks to Covid-19, revealing many people’s ‘lousy home broadband’, according to Geoff Bennett, director, solutions and technology, at Infinera.
It’s reasonable to say that the biggest disruptive influence this year has been the global pandemic that still currently has a grip on our lives.
PIA has proven its value in a project to build a carrier-independent dark fibre route between Bristol and South Wales in the UK. Mark Weller explains
Koji Okamoto underlines the importance of rebooting test processes for the ‘new normal’
Geoff Bennett evaluates how 50 years of innovation in optical communications has more recently helped to bring light from the shadow of Covid-19
Guillaume Baral outlines some of the significant benefits of adopting a more agile, modular approach to product development for fibre networks
There is a massive commercial opportunity that fibre network providers are leaving in the ground, says Stuart Large
Mattias Fridström looks at the role of software and collaboration in maximising optical networks in the future
