Broadband Forum has made significant progress on bringing an improved broadband user experience closer, with two new specifications nearing completion.
Openreach engineer Scott McPartlin pitched in to help remote, vulnerable residents on the island of Coll, stay connected during lockdown.
Microsoft has signed a definitive agreement to acquire virtualized network software provider, Metaswitch Networks.
Huawei Chairman, Guo Ping
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has confirmed it is to restrict Huawei’s ability to use U.S. technology and software to design and manufacture its semiconductors abroad.
Eight companies have come together to build 2Africa, a subsea cable designed to serve the African continent and Middle East region.
Aberdeenshire Council has invested £10.5m in a full-fibre project spanning up to 200km.
LightCounting's updated forecast for the optical communications market provides (tentatively) positive and reassuring reading.
Liberty Global and Telefónica have reached an agreement to combine British operations O2 and Virgin Media. This is under a new, £31.4bn agreement that could have a huge impact on the UK market.
Five industry experts from the Broadband Forum talk top broadband trends
The FTTH Council Europe, in partnership with Idate, has revealed the latest 2020 Market Panorama figures, detailing fibre deployment trends in Europe.
The Winter edition of Fibre Systems dispelled some myths when it comes to multimode fibre, and looked at the opportunities it currently presents to the data centre market.
Keely Portway takes a look at the market for test and measurement equipment in the current climate, and some of the latest tools available
Readers of this magazine do not need to be told about the benefits of full-fibre.
The Covid-19 pandemic has and continues to affect every-day life throughout the world. In the optical communications industry, the first obvious signs were when events began to postpone, cancel and reschedule.
After more than a decade’s work, the prospect of full quantum networks exploiting entangled photons is drawing closer. That’s thanks to the work of researchers like Hee Su Park from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS).
Five industry experts from the Broadband Forum talk top broadband trends
Keely Portway on how the optical communications industry has come together to counteract fake 5G news
Niall Looney summarises his business experience to date in dealing with the current Covid-19 pandemic, from a network design consultancy’s point-of-view
