Bell is investing heavily in its broadband infrastructure as part of the Ontario Accelerated High Speed Internet Program (AHSIP).
News
Latest News
Image credit: CNW Group/Bell Canada
05 August 2022
Zzoomm has invested £18.4m to roll-out its fibre network to Northwich, in Cheshire
04 August 2022
The independent UK operator has partnered with Iskratel.
Image credit: Valentyn Volkov/Shutterstock.com
04 August 2022
A total of 17 community buildings across Greater Manchester in the UK have been set up with free internet connectivity for five years as part of the UK’s local full fibre networks (LFFN) programme.
A Verizon technician testing 5G service in Houston (credit: Verizon)
03 August 2022
US operator Verizon is giving its fibre core network an overhaul, upgrading older router equipment with the latest 400Gb/s per-port optical technology to help future-proof its 5G network.
Image credit: Connect world/shutterstock.com
03 August 2022
Indiana-based independent provider, Metronet has begun construction of a high-speed full-fibre network in Colorado Springs as part of a $130m investment to make the region a ‘gigabit city’.
Image credit: Open Fiber
02 August 2022
Italian tower operator, INWIT and FTTH operator, Open Fiber have partnered to provide fixed wireless access technology coverage to more than 600 municipalities across the country.
MORE NEWS
Image credit: Christoph Burgstedt/Shutterstock.com
Subsea cable connecting Isle of Man, Ireland goes live
01 August 2022
A subsea cable designed to strengthen the Isle of Man’s connectivity to Ireland and the UK, with onward connections to continental Europe and the US, is now live.
Image credit: metamorworks/Shutterstock.com
Virgin Media O2 bags £4.5bn fibre investment
29 July 2022
Telefónica and Liberty Global, parent companies of Virgin Media O2, have partnered with InfraVia to set up a joint venture to roll-out FTTH to greenfield premises across the UK.
Paul North, head of channel at Giganet
Giganet expands offering via channel partner programme
29 July 2022
UK ISP, Giganet is expanding business opportunities in the channel market with the introduction of a number of new FTTP and Ethernet offerings, thanks to its new Channel Partner Programme.
CityFibre selects XGS-PON equipment for 10Gb/s network build
28 July 2022
The UK independent provider has inked a 10-year supply agreement with Nokia.
University of Strathclyde, UK
Researchers look to 6G technology to help bridge the digital divide
27 July 2022
Researchers at the University of Strathclyde and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have collaborated to help make telecoms more accessible in remote and rural areas via free-space optical communications for 6G.
Image credit: Telefónica
Telefonica sells stake in Spanish fibre network, newco created
26 July 2022
Telefónica Group has reached an agreement with Crédit Agricole Assurances (CAA) and Vauban Infrastructure Partners (Vauban) to set up Bluevia Fibra (Bluevia), a platform to deploy a fibre network in rural Spain.
Fibre exceeds cable for fixed broadband in OECD countries
22 July 2022
Fibre has overtaken cable for the first time as the primary fixed broadband technology across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.
Image credit: Fraunhofer ILT, Aachen, Germany
Scientists look to evolve manufacturing processes for hollow-core preforms
21 July 2022
Scientists from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft are working together on processes for manufacturing preforms for hollow-structure fibres with new geometrical shapes.
Image credit: Alphaspirit.it/Shutterstock.com
Optical transport DWDM market to surpass $17bn by 2026, says Dell’Oro
20 July 2022
Industry market information firm, Dell’Oro Group has launched its Industry Optical Transport 5-Year Forecast Report.
SK Telecom quantum technology up for international standardisation
20 July 2022
Two quantum technologies from South Korean provider, SK Telecom (SKT) are set to be approved as international standards.
Telenet, Fluvius launch newco, move from HFC to fibre
19 July 2022
Belgian service provider, Telenet and operator, Fluvius have partnered to form a new company that will help realise both parties’ ambitions of to provide speeds of 10Gb/s.
Image credit: Openreach/BT Group
UK incumbent workers to hold two-day strike
19 July 2022
The UK’s Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced that more than 40,000 BT Group workers will hold a two-day national strike.
Pages
Events
Latest issue
Image credit: tong patong/Shutterstock.com
In the Spring edition of Fibre Systems, we looked at how to recruit and retain great telecoms talent, but what about once the recruitment process is complete?
Image credit: JesperG/Shutterstock.com
Keely Portway reviews some of the ways optical sensing has been used in communications for complementary applications
Image credit: asharkyu/Shutterstock
A look at the market for optical fibre cables and some of the products and solutions available
Image credit: avarius/Shutterstock.com
Abigail Williams provides a market update on fibre network deployments in the Asia Pacific region
Keely Portway discovers how the decision-making process for network architects, designers– and anyone involved in the design and deployment of FTTH networks – could be greatly simplified when it comes to choosing PON technology
Image credit: kmls/Shutterstock
Gemma Church evaluates why spectral efficiency is an important but often overlooked performance criterion
Image credit: FTTH Council Europe/Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna
Keely Portway highlights some of the key developments from the first physical FTTH Conference in two years
Keely Portway reports on the popular Market Watch panel that took place at OFC 2022, focusing on the current state of the optical market
