Equity firm, Warburg Pincus and investment management group, DTCP have agreed to acquire a majority stake in London’s Community Fibre.
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
DIF Capital Partners is to invest in the French independent fibre optic operator IELO to help accelerate its network’s roll-out.
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.
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has selected Nokia to deploy a nationwide FTTH network solution in the Republic of Ireland.
The French Regulatory Authority for Electronic Communications and Post (Arcep) has released its annual report on the French telecoms market.
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.
Fredrik Nyman, product manager at Waystream
The municipality of Torsås in the Småland province of Sweden is set to receive its long overdue fibre broadband, thanks to Torsnet AB and Waystream’s ASR8000 access switch model.
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
