News and BusinessCorning says it’s collaborating with Wesco International and Nokia to help accelerate and simplify last-mile broadband deployment in rural and regional networks. Wesco will be the first distributor to launch a new fibre-to-the-home kit featuring Corning’s FlexNAP™ components. The Corning solution, with its passive optical components, complements the active components in Nokia’s Network in a […]
News and BusinessUK ISP Gigaclear has selected EXFO’s remote fibre testing and monitoring solution to support its rural expansion plans. EXFO says its technology will allow the ISP to ensure “first time right” deployment to reduce fault finding and truck rolls during operation, and rapid fault identification once in service, from a small number of central locations […]
Technologies and ProductsNokia’s research arm, Nokia Bell Labs, has debuted what it says is the first 100Gbps broadband technology in the US at Fiber Connect 2022, Nashville, Tennessee. The prototype delivers 100Gbps speeds in downstream on a single PON wavelength, avoiding the need to combine multiple wavelengths carrying lower speeds. The prototype parameters mimic real-world conditions including […]
News and BusinessTelecom operator Adamo has chosen Ekinops’ FlexRate™ optical transport solution as part of a €250 million infrastructure investment which will deliver high-speed fibre optic internet and telecommunications services to homes and businesses in less densely populated areas across Spain. “Adamo’s mission is to provide greater internet connectivity to Spain’s rural areas and smaller cities which […]
News and BusinessNational Broadband Ireland (NBI) has selected Nokia to design, build, and operate a nation-wide full fibre network, including FTTH, in the Republic of Ireland, following a call for bids. The project will fulfil Irish Government’s National Broadband Plan which aims provide high-speed connectivity to all of Ireland’s population, including 23% of whom currently live in […]
News and BusinessSlovenia-based European ICT provider Iskratel, PJSC Ukrtelecom and SID Bank, have signed an agreement to build a GPON fibre-optic Internet network to connect the rural areas of Ukraine. The two-year network construction project, which has had a total investment of almost UAH200 million (US$7.5 million), will connect more than 200 localities in 13 Ukrainian regions, […]