Netomnia, YouFibre raise £230m in debt financing
20 March 2023
The financing comes from a group of six bank lenders and will help towards Netomnia’s fibre build acceleration in the UK.
Some of the hottest topics from the OFC conference in San Diego
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Spanish govt provisional resolution to expand high-capacity connectivity
13 October 2022
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, via the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures, published the proposal for a provisional resolution for the second call for the UNICO-Broadband programme.
Brsk secures £103m funding for fibre roll-out
13 September 2022
The funding is able to be upsized to £178m over time to support future growth
Scintil CEO Sylvie Menezo
Scintil Photonics brings total raised to €19m
7 September 2022
The second round of funding included Applied Ventures ITIC Innovation Fund, a fund jointly created by Applied Ventures and Industrial Technology Investment Corporation (ITIC)-Taiwan.
Andreas Bierwirth, CEO of Magenta Telekom; Dominique Leroy, member of the management board, Deutsche Telekom AG; Stephan Wehrmann, business development director DACH at Meridiam (credit: Magenta Telekom)
Joint venture formed for Austrian fibre investment
24 August 2022
Austrian operator Magenta Telekom has partnered with French investor Meridiam to finance the expansion of its fibre network.
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UK independent confirms £4.9bn debt raise for fibre roll-out
6 June 2022
UK alternative network provider, CityFibre has confirmed a debt package totalling £4.9bn.
UK altnet secures £100m funding to accelerate fibre roll-out
25 May 2022
UK start-up alternative provider, Freedom Fibre has secured a total £100m commitment of scale-up funding, just over a year since its formation.
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What are the top trends, challenges and technologies driving data centre networks in 2023 and beyond?
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How North and Latin America are faring when it comes to fibre deployment
We round up the latest high-capacity optics for coherent optical transmission in 2023.
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The optical technology and techniques that terrestrial network operators need to consider to achieve high-performance in challenging conditions
Nesa Scopic advises on the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) fire safety standards for fibre cables, and how to choose the optimal cabling for the correct setting
Mattias Fridström offers his take on the telecoms topics that are going to matter in the next 12 months
Teresa Monteiro, director solution marketing, network software and automation, Infinera
Teresa Monteiro reveals why there is more to open networking than physical device interoperability
