CityFibre selects XGS-PON equipment for 10Gb/s network build
28 July 2022
The UK independent provider has inked a 10-year supply agreement with Nokia.
Wholesale
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Joint venture to provide 6 million Polish homes with fibre
22 June 2022
Polish operator, Play has signed a joint venture agreement with private equity firm, InfraVia Capital Partners to provide access to high-speed fibre connectivity to 6 million homes in Poland.
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Solana Beach, CA gains terabit-ready fibre network
20 June 2022
US operator, Netly Fibre has completed construction of an open-access terabit-ready fibre network in Solana Beach, California.
Virgin Media Business and Infinera to offer wholesale customers greater flexibility with new service
9 April 2019
VMB wholesale customers can benefit from the flexibility for direct access to optical filter ports to scale their own DWDM access infrastructure.
CityFibre introduces £1.12 billion debt package for UK fibre roll-out
2 January 2019
Alternative network provider, CityFibre has put in place a debt package of £1.12 billion, proceeds from which are to be used to fund the first part of a £2.5 billion investment plan, which will see the company roll-out full fibre to five million homes by 2025.
European wholesalers create alliance to accelerate fibre network rollout
23 July 2018
Some of Europe’s most recognisable full fibre wholesale-only and open access operators recently met in Rome in presence of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) chair, Johannes Gungl; and director general of FTTH Council Europe, Erzsebet Fitori. The group gathered to discuss the future of the telecommunications market and explore opportunities to accelerate the deployment and take-up of full fibre infrastructure across Europe.
Events
Amsterdam
18 October 2022 to 20 October 2022
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A look at some of the challenges faced by submarine network operators, and the ways in which they can maximise performance, whatever their cable system
A look at the market for access equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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Abigail Williams offers a market update on fibre network deployments in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region
Zeusconnects Lowestoft in the UK to Zandvoort in the Netherlands (credit: Zayo)
Can subsea cables cope with a world in flux? Alice Jensen finds out
Richard Thorpe, chief delivery officer at CityFibre
Richard Thorpe advises how a partnership approach can ease the procurement process for altnets.
According to Liam Taylor, the answer lies in the detail
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Railway networks not only make for great people and freight transport networks, they also make for great optical transport networks. Jonathan Homa explains what the railway industry needs to consider when building out optical transport links.
