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Soweto first South African township to get fibre to the home

via Flickr © Randy Robertson (CC BY 2.0)

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European governments taking it slooooooow with fibre schemes

Source: Ofcom

Broadband

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

via Flickr © Vicchi (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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BT fibre push a step in the right direction, 5G news is no news

Optical

Orange Performs the First AI (Artificial Intelligence) Test with Huawei on Its DWDM Network in Spain following a real test with 400Gbps

via Flickr © Sean MacEntee (CC BY 2.0)

Broadband

BT extends its broadband speed guarantees to slower speed DSL

via Flickr © Ryan Snyder (CC BY 2.0)

FTTx

UK court ruling facilitates 'fibre' free-for-all

Smart Cities

San Diego Mayor Faulconer and Verizon announce multi-million dollar agreement to accelerate small cell, fibre and smart city deployments

5G

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

Core Network

Proximus one of the first operators in the world to put Nokia's biggest multi-terabit router into service at the heart of its network for tenfold increase in capacity

Core Network

BT among first to deploy Nokia 7750 SR-s platform as it increases capacity to handle massive traffic growth from FTTP and 5G

via Flickr © Chris Baranski (CC BY 2.0)

Wholesale

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

via Flickr © pasa47 (CC BY 2.0)

Broadband

Broadband Forum aims to disaggregate the Broadband Network Gateway

Green

For the first time Telefónica links 20% of the variable salary to sustainability goals

FTTx

Deutsche Telekom and EWE announce "Glasfaser NordWest" joint venture

FTTx

SINET expands into residential market with Nokia's high-speed fiber to the home solution

via Flickr © Gabriel Garcia Marengo (CC BY 2.0)

FTTx

Altnets put a rocket up incumbents in FTTH rollout race

FTTx

ZTE Unveils Full Range of End-to-end FTTH Products at FTTH Conference 2019

Optical

PR: ECI Selected by CEB Fibernet To Design and Deploy Enhanced Fiber-Optic..

Fixed Access

Huawei Releases the QuickODN Solution

Optical

Toyota Tsusho and NEC conclude contract with Uzbektelecom on nationwide data communication system

Business Models

Orange strengthens its coverage in less-dense areas: Orange’s fibre offers soon available on all Public Initiative Networks in France

Smart Homes

ZTE and Netgem Sign Strategic Partnership to Address the European Fiber Market

via Flickr © titanium22 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Optical

Time to get active on Passive Optical Networking for 5G