Fixed Access

Broadband

Watch Communications and Microsoft announce partnership to bring broadband internet to Indiana, Ohio and Illinois

FTTx

Ericsson enables Liberty Global’s Access Network Expansion over high-capacity wireless trunk link

via Flickr © cwwycoff1 (CC BY 2.0)

Broadband

US agriculture increasingly affected by lack of broadband

via Flickr © brewbooks (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Broadband

Maximising the telco sweats: G.fast at 1 Gigabit/sec

Media & Entertainment

Innovation and e-Sports: EMEA PC Gaming Devices Will Post Solid Growth Through to 2023, Says IDC

via TDC

Open Service Provider

TDC ramps up DSP push with legal split into OpCo, NetCo

via Google

Media & Entertainment

Google Stadia might give operators the jitters

Fixed Access

BT named major USO provider for the UK

via Flickr © Bernard DUPONT (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Broadband

Ofcom yet to figure out how to pay for new broadband USO

Broadband

Altibox deploys Nokia's virtualized Distributed Access Architecture to consolidate hubs and deliver all-IP services to DOCSIS and cable customers

BT's Neil McRae: determined to "hit the ground running" with Network Cloud

Cloud

BT announces Network Cloud deal with Juniper Networks

5G

Ericsson unveils new 5G innovation hub in Moscow

Source: Ofcom

Broadband

UK broadband averages rise but global ranking doesn’t. Does it matter?

via Flickr © Sean MacEntee (CC BY 2.0)

Broadband

BT extends its broadband speed guarantees to slower speed DSL

5G

ANTEL and Nokia make the first 5G call on a commercial network in Latin America

Optical

Iliad Launches 5G Ready IP Network Architecture with Segment Routing IPv6 in Italy

via Flickr © Chris Baranski (CC BY 2.0)

Wholesale

Virgin Media wholesale rumour: the sign of a rattled cableco?

Video

CANAL+ Chooses Cisco for New Content Delivery Network to Enhance User Experience

Optical

FiberStar Signs MoU with Huawei to Jointly Build Ultra-Broadband Network

via Flickr © pasa47 (CC BY 2.0)

Broadband

Broadband Forum aims to disaggregate the Broadband Network Gateway

via Flickr © Photo YourSpace (CC BY 2.0)

Policy & Regulation

EU passes copyright directive to howls of protest

SDN

OpenDaylight, Most Pervasive Open Source SDN Controller, Celebrates Sixth Anniversary with Neon Release

Standards

ETSI offers a Novel Approach to Standards Education

Video

Bouygues Telecom strengthens its fixed offers by adding CANAL+SÉRIES to its Bbox Ultym