Richard Warley, regional president, EMEA, CenturyLink
European fibre network expanded by CenturyLink
2 December 2019
Tier-one service provider, CenturyLink has built new metro networks in Madrid and Marseille.
FTTH in Europe
UK Labour Party pledges free full-fibre for all
15 November 2019
The UK’s opposition party, Labour has announced a pledge to deliver free full fibre-broadband for all.
Nextgenaccess helps to keep Kent’s full-fibre on-track
14 November 2019
UK wholesale provider, Nextgenaccess has agreed an exclusive 20-year concession from HS1 for the deployment of full fibre infrastructure.
GTT enhances European fibre networks
7 November 2019
GTT Communications had made upgrades to its fibre network across a number of European routes.
UK broadband plans approved in Queen’s speech
15 October 2019
The Queen opened UK parliament this week with a speech that outlined the policy plans the government intends to put in place.
Openreach selects fibre cable supply partner
7 October 2019
Openreach has awarded a contract to Fujikura for the supply of its new Air Blown Wrapping Tube Cable (AB-WTC), a ribbon fibre cable.
UK chancellor promises billion-pound investment in broadband
1 October 2019
At the recent Conservative Party conference, chancellor Sajid Javid pledged to invest £5bn to support the roll-out of full fibre in the UK.
Milan and Madrid gain new metro networks
19 September 2019
Bandwidth infrastructure firm and network operator, euNetworks has extended its investment in Europe, building duct based, high-fibre count networks in Milan and Madrid.
Sky strategic partnership provides wholesale access to UK full-fibre networks
18 September 2019
Sky has entered into a strategic partnership with last-mile network provider, BUUK Infrastructure.
UK urban-rural digital gap continues, say MPs
18 September 2019
A new report from the Commons environment, food and rural affairs select committee warns that the ongoing digital divide between urban and rural areas continues to marginalise communities.
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As the pandemic underlines the value of the internet more than ever, its underlying technology is making one of its biggest transitions for years.
The data centre market is a particularly wide-ranging one, with one of the driving forces in recent years the emergence of the hyperscale data centre or cloud service provider.
As the world struggles to settle into the ‘new normal’, today’s optical networks need to be flexible in their architecture blueprint, while adapting to new technologies to provide the kinds of new capacity and service options to meet accelerated demand for higher bandwidth.
To address the undeniable growing demand for higher bandwidth, optical vendors have been playing their role with the development of various coherent optical transceivers for different areas of the market, each with its own set of design considerations.
The demand for bandwidth has unarguably skyrocketed in recent years, thanks largely to the increased appetite for online gaming, content streaming and social-media use.
The importance of reliable connectivity has never been more recognised than it is now. While ambitious targets have been in place across the world for fibre deployment for some time, the ongoing pandemic has served to push it to the forefront.
Looking into the future of telecommunications, it could be argued that AI and telcos will effectively transform each other, explains Raf Meersman
How do we, as an industry, build better broadband for a post-pandemic world? The answer could be fixed, suggests Stefaan Vanhastel
Altnets could be the key to connecting rural areas in 2021, argues Michael Armitage
A glance at the current market for fifth-generation coherent optics, and some of the latest developments available
