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Enhancing telecoms talent through training and apprenticeships
7 July 2022
Training and Education
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Sourcing skills for next-gen factories
26 January 2022
Manufacturing firms must help inspire young engineers as production plants embrace digital technologies, finds Matthew Dale
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Bridging gaps
26 November 2021
There is currently a shortage of skilled fibre professionals. How can we, as an industry, work towards addressing this? Keely Portway asks the question
Independents' day
27 April 2021
Alex Blowers, chair of the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) speaks to Fibre Systems about the work being undertaken by altnets, the challenges they face and how the association is playing its part to help
CityFibre’s recruitment programme will include the identification and training of thousands of unemployed UK residents
In for the skill
13 November 2020
There's a shortage of skilled fibre professionals in Europe. How can we, as an industry, work towards addressing this? Keely Portway finds out
A time to skill
1 June 2018
With demand for fibre to the premises increasing, Keely Portway looks at the role training plays in ensuring installation skills remain available to meet this growing demand
How to clean fibre-optic connectors
16 September 2016
Correct cleaning of fibre-optic connectors is the single most powerful practice that network operators have to future-proof their network, argues Ed Forrest
Events
Latest issue
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A look at some of the challenges faced by submarine network operators, and the ways in which they can maximise performance, whatever their cable system
A look at the market for access equipment and some of the products and solutions available
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Abigail Williams offers a market update on fibre network deployments in the Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region
Zeusconnects Lowestoft in the UK to Zandvoort in the Netherlands (credit: Zayo)
Can subsea cables cope with a world in flux? Alice Jensen finds out
Richard Thorpe, chief delivery officer at CityFibre
Richard Thorpe advises how a partnership approach can ease the procurement process for altnets.
According to Liam Taylor, the answer lies in the detail
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Railway networks not only make for great people and freight transport networks, they also make for great optical transport networks. Jonathan Homa explains what the railway industry needs to consider when building out optical transport links.
