Italy's Fastweb and Open Fiber to share FTTH networks
3 May 2019
Fastweb will now be able to use some FTTH connections built by Open Fiber.
The plans for an economic recovery will undoubtedly need vast levels of public and private investment.
FTTH in Europe
Lords Committee calls for UK rural strategy, including review of USO
1 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.
Work begins on new full-fibre network in Essex, UK
26 April 2019
Construction has started on a privately funded project to bring full-fibre to Braintree in Essex, UK, under County Broadband.
Greater Manchester, UK seeks partners for new local fibre network
17 April 2019
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has issued a Tender Notice for partner companies to help ‘procure the design, implementation, maintenance and support,’ of a new full-fibre network in the area.
UK fibre engineer awarded for ‘outstanding services’ by Viavi
17 April 2019
Senior fibre engineer, Tony Smith of SDH Project Services has been rewarded for his ‘outstanding services’ to broadband under a new initiative from Viavi Solutions.
UK High Court rules in favour of ASA on use of ‘fibre’ in advertising
15 April 2019
The High Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority over its decision on the use of the term ‘fibre’ in advertising.
Re-thinking procurement
11 April 2019
Jeremy Wastie takes a look at the challenges associated with procurement, and explains why connectivity in the UK does not have to be a postcode lottery
First ‘Superfast Essex’ fibre broadband cabinet arrives in Uttlesford
10 April 2019
Gigaclear has installed its first pure fibre broadband cabinet in Birchanger, Uttlesford, under Essex County Council’s broadband improvement programme, Superfast Essex.
CityFibre awards HellermannTyton strategic supplier agreement for UK fibre roll-out
3 April 2019
HellermannTyton's passive network components are to be used in CityFibre's £2.5bn programme to roll out full fibre to five million UK homes.
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Leading industry lights talk to Keely Portway about the challenges and opportunities faced by the optical communications supply chain in the last 12 months, and predict what could lie ahead
Mark Lutkowitz on future 400ZR pricing, its impact on certain key vendors and the outlook for 400ZR+ and 800ZR
While the Covid-19 crisis clearly impacted infrastructure deployment in Europe in 2020, it also undoubtedly reinforced operators’ mid-term FTTH ambitions
The all-important multi-vendor interoperability can only be achieved via industry collaboration, finds Keely Portway
2020 has shown standards are key to building the networks of tomorrow, and that’s something to be excited about, argues Bernd Hesse
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