Gigabit
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ZTE and Beeline Kazakhstan have unveiled plans for the Giga City project in the country. -
Optical networking company Adtran has delivered data at 800Gbps over a New York state educational network.
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New homes in England will be built with gigabit broadband connections, the UK government has revealed on the GOV.UK website.
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The UK risks falling behind major economies when it comes to its gigabit rollout according to research from strategic property consultancy Cluttons.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced it has completed the upgrade of its entire national network gigabit speeds, four years ahead of target.
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Gigabit Communications, LLC has joined the DE-CIX transport partner program by establishing a Layer 2 Network to Network Interface (NNI) connection with DE-CIX Dallas.
Forthcoming events
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The UK's Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has added 32 members year to date.
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The UK government has announced a £5 billion infrastructure project that will connect "more than one million hard to reach homes and businesses" in the first phase.
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The UK's first post-Brexit budget has seen the country step away from specific targets around gigabit broadband coverage and instead focus on the concept of the "digital economy".
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As Michael Armitage, CEO of Broadway Partners, writes the UK Government’s 2025 target is as achievable as national and local governments want it to be.
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The UK's national fibre roll out has faced several hurdles but the most recent threatens to hamper rural connectivity. Could wireless provide the solution? Nigel King, CTO at Cambium Networks examines the options
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New online live broadcasts, capabilities and technologies have opened up a huge market opportunity for carriers to seize, explained Gary Lu, president of network marketing & solution sales at Huawei, at the AirPON Commercial Release Conference.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a 10-year, US$2.64 million investment that will allow Armstrong Telecommunications to provide minimum broadband speeds of 1 Gbps/500 Mbps to an estimated 1,949 unserved rural homes and businesses in north western Pennsylvania.
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US private equity firm KKR has entered the UK market for the first time after acquiring a majority stake in full-fibre provider Hyperoptic.
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DE-CIX India’s Mumbai-IX has started offering 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) access at all enabled data centres in the Indian metropolis.
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Hurricane Electric has established points of presence (PoP) at LDeX's carrier-neutral London (LDeX1) and Manchester (LDeX2) data centres.
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UK-based rural fibre infrastructure provider Gigaclear has struck a partnership with Ciena to deploy the vendor’s 100G packet platform across multiple locations in the UK.
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Vodafone Deutschland has announced the launch of its gigabit cable broadband service to approximately 400,000 homes in Bavaria, Germany.
