fibre-optic
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Telecom Egypt has signed an agreement with Hungarian telecoms firm 4iG group to modernise the country's digital infrastructure. -
Telkom, South Africa’s incumbent operator, wants to sell a minority stake in Openserve, its wholesale last-mile fibre unit.
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Neos Networks has identified itself as the company that is the preferred bidder for Network Rail, Britain’s rail infrastructure company.
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Microsoft has bought Lumenisity, a UK-based start-up that makes hollow-core fibres that allow light to travel faster than along standard fibres.
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Neterra has launched a new fibre metro network in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, connecting all data centres in the city.
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Look, telecoms industry, can you slow down a bit? You’re growing so much that scientists and engineers are having a hard time keeping up, says Alan Burkitt-Gray
Forthcoming events
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After the news that SSE Enterprise Telecoms had rebranded as Neos Networks at the end of March, Capacity caught up with Sarah Mills, Managing Director of Wholesale and Smart Infrastructure, to find out why the relaunch took place and how it ties into the company's ambitious network and product expansion plans.
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Four neighbouring west African countries — Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal — are linking the fibre infrastructure that is provided by an energy management company.
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UK cable company Virgin Media is trying out technology that could deliver 400Gbps on a single fibre to a range of customers.
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Deutsche Telekom has set up what it calls a Fiber Factory in order to speed up the process of connecting homes and businesses across Germany to 2 million homes a year.
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Lumen Technologies (Lumen) has expanded its network infrastructure in México in support of the digital transformation of businesses in need of connectivity, IT infrastructure and the cloud.
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How is Orange revolutionising connectivity in Western Africa with Djoliba? Watch our On-Demand webinars to find out how the new network is reshaping connectivity in the region.
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CenturyLink has expanded its fibre-optic network infrastructure in Ecuador.
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The neutral network chosen by the best operators
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Infinera and Corning have joined the race to boost fibre capacity, claiming a data speed of 800Gbps over an 800km fibre.
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Ciena and Juniper have helped Verizon push the amount of data a fibre can carry on a single wavelength to an unprecedented 800Gbps.
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Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialling its Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa.
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BT has accelerated the transformation of its global unit with the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business, which includes its domestic network infrastructure.
