News and BusinessNokia today announced that Openreach will deploy its fibre solutions to help meet its target of bringing ultra-fast and reliable broadband access to 20 million homes across the UK by the mid-to-late 2020s. The fibre rollout with Nokia underpins Openreach’s commitment to build a world-class, secure broadband network that can deliver differentiated customer experiences and […]
Technologies and ProductsFOLAN has launched a new range of pivoting optical patch panels, designed entirely in plastic and dedicated to FTTH deployment. Designed to guarantee quick and easy installation, the plastic patch panels are equipped with a pre-positioning system and a clip for fixing the patch panel without cage nuts in less than 40 seconds. The design […]
News and BusinessSunrise and Salt have announced plans to create an FTTH platform for ultrafast broadband connectivity services on an open access basis across Switzerland. The roll-out will be realised through Swiss Open Fibre, a joint venture which will be established and co-owned by Salt and Sunrise with equal shareholding and a prospective equity partner. Swiss Open […]
News and BusinessHexatronic UK Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexatronic Group AB, has signed a strategic supply agreement with communications provider KCOM Group Ltd., to supply passive fibre optic solutions including fibre optic cables, micro duct and connectivity products, all parts of Hexatronic’s Matrix system. The equipment will be used by KCOM as the company expands […]
News and BusinessChina Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC are to partner to build 2Africa, the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region. At 37,000km, 2Africa will be one of the world’s largest subsea cable projects and will interconnect Europe (eastward via Egypt), the Middle […]
News and BusinessBT spinoff Openreach has selected ADTRAN’s SDX Series of OLTs and Mosaic Cloud Platform as part of its project to pass 20 million UK homes and businesses by the mid-to-late 2020s with its full fibre network. Peter Bell, Network Technologies Director, Openreach said: “We’re already making our new ultrafast, ultra-reliable broadband network available to around […]
News and BusinessCiena has announced contract wins with Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier, the international wholesale unit of Deutsche Telekom (DT), and Telia Carrier in the US. The contract with Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier sees the first European 800G network going live, connecting data centres in Vienna, Austria. Ciena will supply its WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) to satisfy […]
News and BusinessAccording to BT’s chief executive Philip Jansen, the UK incumbent operator is stepping up it’s efforts to roll out FTTP, aiming to reach 20 million homes by the middle of the decade, as long as everything goes to plan. Jansen said in a statement, “BT has the best network infrastructure in the UK. We have […]