Cardiff based provider Ogi recently secured an investment from Infracapital to deliver a £200m phase one business plan to build a full-fibre broadband network across south Wales, UK.
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II-VI commits to greener manufacturing
Optoelectronic component manufacturer II‐VI is to power all of its European facilities with 100 per cent renewable electricity sources.
Spanish regulator approves wholesale market regulation
The Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), which regulates competition in Spain, has approved the definitive regulation of the wholesale broadband access markets.
Lumentum commits to inclusion with internship programme
Lumentum has awarded its first diversity, inclusion, and belonging (DIB) scholarships to 16 applicants from its 2021 internship program.
Initiative aims to address UK STEM educational divide
Ciena and not-for-profit organisation, Academy Achievers are collaborating to help close the digital and educational gap among students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers.
Ardian enters Spanish telecoms sector with Adamo acquisition
Private investment house Ardian, has made its first investment in the Spanish telecoms market with the acquisition of operator Adamo from EQT Private Equity.
Feasibility study under way for sustainable subsea cable
Nordic operator, Bulk Fiber Networks and subsea engineering firm, WFN Strategies have teamed up to begin a feasibility study for the prospective Leif Erikson cable project, which will connect Norway and Canada.
Upp appoints network design and build partner for UK FTTH
UK ISP and network builder, Upp has partnered with network design and build firm Light Source to help deliver its FTTH connection across Lincolnshire.
Facebook to launch transatlantic subsea cable
Facebook is to launch its first subsea cable connecting Europe to the U.S.
Collaboration created to aid 400G pluggable transition
Microchip Technology and Acacia have teamed up to help enable the market transition to 400G pluggable coherent optics for data centre routing, switching and metro optical transport network (OTN) platforms.
LightCounting: Ethernet market on track for record growth this year
LightCounting has released its High-Speed Ethernet Optics Report for September 2021.
Submarine cable trialled using multicore fibre
NEC Corporation, alongside subsidiary OCC Corporation and Sumitomo Electric Industries, have completed the first trial of uncoupled 4-core submarine fibre cable.
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Keely Portway reports on a recent webinar about how the telecoms sector is addressing the current shortage in skills, from recruitment through to keeping great candidates once they are on board
Keely Portway takes a look at the latest developments when it comes to FTTH deployment in Europe and what needs to be done to overcome the hurdles in the path of acceleration
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Keely Portway rounds-up some of the industry's responses to the government’s connectivity mission in the recent Levelling Up white paper
The continued resource challenges faced by operators could be aided with advances in tools and technology, suggests Stéphane Chabot