The Irish government’s Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has approved the appointment of a preferred bidder to the National Broadband Plan.
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An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar
Preferred bidder announced for Ireland’s National Broadband Plan
14 May 2019
New BT CEO announces increase for FTTP ambition
09 May 2019
Philip Jansen has announced plans for the company to increase its FTTP ambition to 15 million UK premises passed.
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Fibre engineers – have your say!
08 May 2019
Fibre Systems is looking for fibre engineers and installation professionals to share their experiences in the pages of the magazine.
Infinera automation technology selected by Verizon for Ethernet migration
07 May 2019
Verizon has chosen Infinera as a supplier of automation technology to help enable the migration of its time-division multiplexing (TDM) network to a new Ethernet-based network.
UK NHS hospitals and GP practices promised full fibre connection
07 May 2019
The UK’s health secretary, Matt Hancock has committed to ensuring that all NHS organisations can be connected to full fibre broadband.
Italy's Fastweb and Open Fiber to share FTTH networks
03 May 2019
Fastweb will now be able to use some FTTH connections built by Open Fiber.
Global sales of optical transceivers in 2003-2024: What would it take to put this market back on track for 20 years of 14 per cent CAGR for 2003-2024?
LightCounting optical transceiver report asks what it will take to put market on track
02 May 2019
LightCounting has released the April edition of its Optical Communications Market Forecast Report.
SSE Enterprise Telecoms wins contract to expand Jisc Janet South network
02 May 2019
SSE Enterprise Telecoms has won a network contract with Jisc to refresh the Janet South network.
Lords Committee calls for UK rural strategy, including review of USO
01 May 2019
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy has called on the government to develop a rural strategy in order to help realise the potential of rural economies.
Bavaria receives State aid approval for high capacity investment
29 April 2019
The European Commission has approved an investment project to provide very high capacity broadband networks in six Bavarian municipalities that are already supplied with 30Mb/s connectivity.
UK government commits to digital map of underground cables and pipes
29 April 2019
The UK government’s Geospatial Commission has commissioned the creation of a digital map of underground pipes and cables.
UK/South Korea 5G competition announced
27 April 2019
The UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced a new UK/South Korea 5G competition to help prepare the UK for future 5G rollout.
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Cabling infrastructure will be vital in the deployment of 5G networks, meaning that the wireless will still depend on wires, says Jean-Jacques Sage
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