Business

U.S. operator, Verizon has completed a successful test in its live fibre network to move 800Gb/s of data on a single wavelength across extreme distances.

DIF Capital Partners is to invest in the French independent fibre optic operator IELO to help accelerate its network’s roll-out.

Nexans and Leviton Network Solutions have reached an agreement in which the latter will acquire Berk-Tek from the former. The transaction is worth $202m.

Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) is set to deploy a new fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network.

Geant, one of Europe’s leading collaborations on network and related infrastructure and services for research and education, is upgrading its pan-European network.

UK mobile operators will be banned from buying Huawei equipment for use in 5G networks from the end of the year, the government has announced.

Northumberland County Council has selected BT to roll out gigabit fibre internet connections to public buildings across the county.

Italian mobile operator, iliad has partnered with wholesale provider, Open Fiber to break into the fixed market.

Payment and fleet services firm, Radius Payment Solutions has launched Radius Connect, a converged technology, mobile and fixed line telecommunications provider to UK businesses.