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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Community Fibre, which is building fibre networks in London and the south-east of England, has raised £985 million in loans, on top of the £400 million announced two years ago.
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32 million premises in France are now eligible for FTTH offering in France, a new report from ARCEP, the French regulation body has stated.
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Giganet has acquired the broadband provider Cuckoo as it looks to continue the growth of the Fern fibre family which includes Jurassic, Swish, Allpoints Fibre and Vorboss.
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IQ Fiber has activated the first portion of its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in Jacksonville.
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Google Fiber will bring its high-speed internet service to several cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Nevada as it expands its network.
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UK full-fibre operator Zzoomm has enlisted the help of Iskratel to accelerate its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) rollout in the UK.
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Slovenian ICT provider Iskratel has expanded its fibre-to-the-home-offering (FTTH) to underserved regions in the UK, although its project in Ukraine has stalled.
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Ukrainian operator Ukrtelecom has started work on its €12 million fibre investment programme across the country.
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Lumen Technologies will expand its Quantum Fiber fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network over 2022, CEO Jeff Storey said last night, as he announced the company’s results.
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Frontier Communications, the US company that emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, says it has added 45,000 fibre broadband customers in a single quarter.
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Danish fibre cooperative Norlys is expanding its market reach by connecting to the country’s open access wholesale platform, OpenNet.
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OTE, the Greek incumbent largely controlled by Deutsche Telekom, is planning to spend €3 billion over the next five years delivering fibre to three million households.
