News and BusinessAt Network X, the Broadband Forum will showcase how its broadband standards are moving from theory to deployment, powering real-life use cases such as Agentic AI management, AI root cause analysis and self-managing networks. The collaborative and multi-vendor demonstrations will highlight how service providers can convert the smart home into a revenue-driving opportunity. “The Broadband […]
News and BusinessWholesale operator AllPoints Fibre Networks (APFN) has announced that it has opened its own full fibre network to its Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners in the United Kingdom. Through its Aquila platform, the ISPs now have access to more than 370,000 consumer FTTP premises with symmetrical connectivity. “Our network was built for getting full fibre […]
News and BusinessStandards development organisation the Broadband Forum has released its vision for AI‑powered broadband of the future, setting the direction for intelligent broadband networks. While AI has already demonstrated its ability to transform our ‘online’ experience, the internet of the future will go much further, said the organisation. Its new ‘AI in Broadband Networks’ document outlines […]
News and BusinessAccording to Omdia’s Global Fibre Development Index, by 2026, the percentage of the global population that is connected to the internet will increase from 58% to 70%. Of the 70%, 30% of the population will have access to the internet via a mobile device, and 40% will have a home fixed broadband connection. The report […]
News and BusinessIThousands of residents in the highest city in the world are to receive a fibre broadband connection thanks to the deployment of a GPON broadband network from European broadband access provider Iskratel. In collaboration with its Latin-American partner Teleserv Group Bolivia, and at more than 4,000 metres above sea level, Iskratel is implementing the new, […]
News and BusinessDespite reports that the entire broadband market has reduced its investments, the municipal urban networks expect to invest SEK 3.8 billion (approximately US$400 million) in fibre expansion in 2020, according to a new report produced by the Swedish Urban Network Association, Svenska Stadsnätsföreningen (SSNf). However, the organisation has warned that without help, it will be […]
News and BusinessThe FTTH Council Europe’s latest Fibre Market Panorama finds that the total number of homes passed with FTTH/B in the wider definition of European countries (EU39) by September 2019 reached nearly 172 million homes compared to 160 million in 2018 with 19 countries now counting more than 2 million homes passed. EU39 coverage of both […]
News and BusinessIn its second interim update to the last annual Connected Nations report, published in December 2018, UK regulator Ofcom tracks communications providers’ progress in increasing the availability of communications services for people and businesses. Based on mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability as of May 2019, Ofcom found that the number of properties able to […]
Technologies and ProductsHellermannTyton introduces a full line of high-performance broadband connectivity products that serve any scale, from single Fiber-to-the-Home installations to large plant or city-wide deployments. They are immediately available exclusively through HellermannTyton authorized distributors. For data networks, HellermannTyton’s weatherproof outdoor splice enclosures connect the cables and can be mounted aerially, within a vault or pedestal, buried […]
News and BusinessInnovative gateway co-developed by Tilgin, VTech and Intel. Tilgin, a provider of gateway software for broadband access has announced that the Smart Home Gateway solution, for operator networks, developed in collaboration with Vtech and Intel, was selected for an award at the 2017 DECT ULE Technology Summit in Amsterdam. Tilgin developed its Smart Home Gateway […]