FTTH
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Customers of Fibernet, a new alternative network provider in Finland, are to be offered speeds of up to 10Gbps in their homes.
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An African investment group has increased its stake in South African broadband internet provider MetroFibre Networx to 37%, making it the biggest shareholder.
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GlobalConnect Group says cyber threats and its one-stop shop offering paved the way for new deals in 2021.
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Broadband operators in North America and Europe are becoming alarmed at a shortage of fibre that is threatening to hurt governments’ ambitious plans.
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Deutsche Telekom has increased its target for connecting German homes to fibre to “well over” 10 million, the CEO announced at the shareholders’ meeting.
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Ukrainian operator Ukrtelecom has started work on its €12 million fibre investment programme across the country.
Forthcoming events
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Capacity Asia 2022
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Global Carrier Awards 2022
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Capacity Europe 2022
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Chilean FTTH provider Mundo has a new owner after Linzor Capital Partners, together with minority partners Teras Capital Spain and CyC, transferred 100% of the business to DigitalBridge.
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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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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.
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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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Vexus Fiber has announced plans to build a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) network in Laredo, Texas.
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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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Macquarie Asset Management has finalised a €125 million loan for broadband provider SIRO, to help finance the expansion of its ultrafast broadband network in Ireland.
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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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Stonepeak now owns a 50% stake in DELTA Fibre following an ownership shakeup.