fibre-to-the-home
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Switzerland’s Competition Comission (COMCO) has fined Swisscom CHF 18 million ($19 million) for what it deems unlawful conduct in Swisscom’s optical fibre expansion. -
FTTH broadband is often touted as a faster and more reliable alternative to standard fibre, sometimes offering speeds around 30 times faster.
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Digi Communications is reportedly in advanced negotiations to sell its fibre-to-the-home network to a consortium led by Macquarie Capital.
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Telkom, South Africa’s incumbent operator, wants to sell a minority stake in Openserve, its wholesale last-mile fibre unit.
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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.
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Namibian telecom operator Mobile Telecommunications limited (MTC) has deployed 475km of fibre optic backbone for its telecom sites in the framework of a N$100 million project that will reduce congestion across its network.
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UK carrier Neos Networks is expanding its wholesale fibre network in Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester and London, and has signed a deal with the local authority that covers Oxford.
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Italian electricity group Enel has completed the sale of its 50% stake in Italian wholesale operator Open Fiber for €2.73 billion.
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Vodafone is claiming that a new deal with CityFibre will make it the biggest full fibre provider in the UK.
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Across the UK, local ventures – some funded by private equity, others by the community – are in a race with BT’s Openreach unit to connect rural homes to full fibre broadband. by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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UK-based full fibre operator CityFibre has hired someone from the government as its chief marketing officer.
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UK-based infrastructure company CityFibre has exceeded its plans, leaked in May, to raise £1 billion.
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Egypt is to upgrade internet speeds for 60 million people in rural areas, the minister of communications and information technology announced at a conference in Cairo.
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Adtran and Adva have announced plans to merge, creating a fibre networking company with combined revenue of US$1.2 billion.
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The UK government has given the industry just over seven weeks to submit ideas for a scheme to put fibres through water pipes – an idea that was firmly rejected nearly 40 years ago.
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Community Fibre has made its first move outside London by taking a majority stake in Box Broadband, operating in Surrey and West Sussex, to the south-west of the UK capital.
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Irish operator Eir is to expand its gigabit fibre network to a further 200,000 homes and businesses, the company announced today.
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The Italian branch of Xavier Niel’s Iliad is working with TIM – the former Telecom Italia – to offer direct fibre connections to customers’ homes.
