Engineering services firm for telecoms and power sectors in Ireland, Obelisk, has been acquired by Constructel Visabeira, subsidiary of multi-sector holding company, Grupo Visabeira.
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New fibre route to connect France, Turkey via Trans Adriatic Pipeline
06 May 2022
EXA Infrastructure and the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), part of the Southern Gas Corridor transporting natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe, are partnering to build a new fibre route connecting France with Turkey.
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TIM, Nokia successfully demo 600G transmission over 1008km
05 May 2022
Nokia has completed a network trial with Telecom Italia (TIM), demonstrating 600G transmission over a 1008km live link in the latter’s terrestrial backbone network in Italy.
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BT, Toshiba launch commercial trial of quantum secured metro network
03 May 2022
U.K. incumbent, BT, alongside Toshiba has launched the trial of a commercial quantum secured metro network.
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2 Gig fibre launched by U.S. provider to ‘leave no town behind’
20 April 2022
U.S. provider, Kinetic has announced the availability of its 2 Gig Kinetic fibre in select residential markets.
New Google submarine cable to link Canada and Asia
12 April 2022
Google has launched its new Topaz subsea cable – the first to connect Asia and Canada.
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UK fibre-in-water scheme lands £1.2m funding
12 April 2022
UK water provider, Yorkshire Water and its partners have received a £1.2m government grant to kick-start research and development of fibre-in-water in the UK.
Netomnia and YouFibre land further £295m fibre funding
08 April 2022
UK altnet, Netomnia and sister company, ISP YouFibre have secured £295m in new funding.
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Quantifi Photonics, SmarTest Electronics acquisition expands production capability
05 April 2022
Quantifi Photonics has acquired test and measurement equipment manufacturer, SmarTest Electronics.
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Proximus to connect 65,000+ additional properties by 2024
05 April 2022
Belgian provider, Proximus has committed to expanding roll-out of its open fibre network across the southern part of West Flanders.
Giganet invests in UK fibre installation training centre
04 April 2022
UK ISP, Giganet has opened a full fibre training centre in Whiteley, Hampshire.
LightCounting: sales of Ethernet optical transceivers set new record
04 April 2022
Industry research firm LightCounting has released its High-Speed Ethernet Optics report for March 2022.
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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?
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Keely Portway reviews some of the ways optical sensing has been used in communications for complementary applications
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Abigail Williams provides a market update on fibre network deployments in the Asia Pacific region
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Gemma Church evaluates why spectral efficiency is an important but often overlooked performance criterion
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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
