News and BusinessAccording to the latest update from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), high-speed fibre subscriptions grew by 15% across the OECD countries from June 2020 to June 2021, as living and working under Covid-19 restrictions continued to drive demand for high-quality internet connections with the rapid upload and download speeds that fibre offers. […]
Proof, were it needed that inadequate broadband is creating social and domestic tensions, was provided by a survey of UK parents in early February 2021. The survey of 2,000 parents, commissioned by Bath, UK-based full fibre infrastructure provider Truespeed, revealed that three quarters of parents have argued over broadband as they attempt to work from […]
News and BusinessAccording to the latest edition of Telecompaper’s quarterly Dutch Broadband report, revenues from fibre broadband services increased in Q1, by nearly 17% thanks to strong subscriber growth of 12% in the past year. Fibre accounted for over 23% of market revenues in Q1, slightly higher than its 21.4% share of broadband subscribers at the end […]
News and BusinessFrance’s fibre broadband wagon is speeding up, with the number of premises made connectable to FTTH increasing by 1.13 million in Q2 2019. This is about 37% more than in the same period the previous year. According to the latest quarterly account from national telecoms regulator l’Autorité de Régulation des Communications électroniques et des Postes […]
Product FocusSource Photonics’ Du Yuzhang looks at the relationship between the two technologies as the industry moves into a new era of broadband infrastructure. Back in February 2017, when Samsung showcased its fixed 5G products at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the vision of delivering home internet service with 5G technology was ignited. Prior to […]
News and BusinessJust released figures show Italian broadband operator Fastweb reaching 7.8 million households in 130 cities with its fibre services at the end of June 2017. The Fastweb ultra-broadband network is made up of both Fibre To The Cabinet (FTTC) and Fibre To The Home (FTTH) systems. Fastweb, which is 100% owned by Swisscom Italia, says […]
News and BusinessAccess to ultrafast broadband is now almost as important to new home buyers as running water and electricity. So says Rob Perrins, Chief Executive of UK property developer the Berkeley Group. Perrins reckons owners expect broadband to be available from the day they move in, and believes the company would risk losing buyers if new […]
News and BusinessAccording to the latest figures from national telecoms regulator, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), FTTH continues to drive broadband expansion in Spain. In 2016 1.8 million FTTH lines were added, while DSL technology registered a loss of 1.3 million lines over the course of the year. The CNMC found that, […]