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T-Mobile has completed its acquisition of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider Lumos, forming a joint venture set to bring full-fibre broadband to homes across the US. -
President Trump’s broadside of tariffs on semiconductors and optical fibre products has forced firms around the globe to scramble — except one, which claims that even with 200% tariffs, operators would still be better off.
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Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) operators are doubling down on expansion while navigating rising costs, intensifying competition, and evolving industry dynamics.
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Capacity sits down with DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi to talk AI and next-gen infrastructure
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VFN Holdings (Vero) has expanded its credit facility to $240 million, with the potential to increase to $310 million.
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James Chen, president of the carrier business at Huawei, suggested the telecoms sector is set to be transformed by AI, with AI-augmented networks able to “unleash even more business value” compared to prior foundational technologies.
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The FTTH Council Europe has welcomed a key recommendation from the Draghi Report on Europe’s future competitiveness, which calls for the prioritisation of shutting down legacy copper networks.
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Tillman Fiber has secured US$1 billion in funding for its Florida network expansion, which includes $815 million in committed debt and a new $200 million credit facility that will fund fibre-to-home networks across Florida.
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The initiative includes $97 million in government funding
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Building sustainable green fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks is key for ZTE’s network development and benefits the whole society, the Chinese vendor says.
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Poland now has a unified company planning to build an open access 5Gbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, serving Play Group and other operators.
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The Indian market for fixed broadband is rising fast, with Reliance Jio set to be lead supplier in terms of number of subscriptions.
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Openreach, the UK last-mile company owned by BT, has made full fibre connections available to its 10 millionth home.
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Netomnia and its sister company YouFibre have raised £230 million in committed debt financing.
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All-optical networks that use photonics are the industry’s dream solution to the ever-increasing demand for speed. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Fabienne Saliou, a research engineer at Orange, which is running an exciting project using this tech
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Australia’s state-owned wholesale last-mile company NBN Co is firing 10% of its staff as the fixed market has stalled.
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French company Altice now owns 50% of Vodafone’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) company in Germany.
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The North Pole has now got fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) thanks to Alaska Communications, but not the North Pole that everyone understands by the term.
