FTTH in Europe

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.

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.

Openreach engineer Scott McPartlin pitched in to help remote, vulnerable residents on the island of Coll, stay connected during lockdown.

Emtelle GmbH is undergoing expansion at its facility in Erfurt, Germany, where new extrusion lines have been purchased to increase manufacturing capabilities.

The county of Northamptonshire in the UK has seen some 10,000 rural properties upgraded to ultrafast-fibre.

Openreach has selected Adtran’s SDX Series of optical line terminals (OLT)s and Mosaic Cloud Platform to help ramp up its full fibre deployment in line with the goals outlined in its Fibre First programme.

Access network division of BT Group, Openreach has revealed its next steps for upgrading the UK’s old analogue phone network to a new digital 'All-IP' world.