Technologies and ProductsThe UK full fibre infrastructure operator CityFibre, has successfully completed a trial of 2Gbps residential services in the northern England city of York in partnership with fixed-mobile operator Vodafone. The trial was conducted on CityFibre’s recently upgraded York network to XGS-PON access technology, which CityFibre says will be rolled out as standard across its network […]
News and BusinessVodafone Group Plc and Altice are creating FibreCo, a joint venture to deploy FTTH to up to 7 million homes over a 6-year period. Subject to closing conditions and regulatory approval, the €700 million venture is expected to close in H1 2023. FibreCo will construct and operate the network, with around 80% of the roll-out […]
News and BusinessVodafone New Zealand is to deploy 800G technology using Ciena’s WaveLogic 5 Extreme (WL5e) coherent optics between its data centres in Auckland. Vodafone says it is achieving record transmission speeds to support growing, yet constantly fluctuating, demands for digital services while enabling a greener network. By implementing Ciena’s WL5e, Vodafone says it can better manage […]
News and BusinessVodafone Germany and open access network provider Deutsche Glasfaser have announced a cooperation to expand FTTH/FTTB access to private German households. The plan is for Deutsche Glasfaser to implement the passive fibre network and for Vodafone to lease, market and operate services on a long-term basis. The initial target market are consumers in the state […]
News and BusinessWeb scale networking specialist Cumulus Networks and Vodafone have concluded a successful live trial that could transform the boundaries of optical networking. The duo conducted the trial with the Facebook-designed Voyager optical “whitebox,” the industry’s first open packet-optical transport system. Voyager was initially contributed by Facebook to The Telecom Infra Project (TIP), a community focused […]
News and BusinessHuawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has been named ‘Supplier of the Decade’ by Vodafone. The Vodafone Supplier Awards recognize companies that have “performed outstandingly” in supporting Vodafone Group’s continuous drive for operating efficiency and to deliver greater benefits to its customers. The ‘Supplier of the Decade’ award signifies Huawei’s […]
News and BusinessVodafone and UK-based wholesale carrier CityFibre have revealed plans to roll out Gigabit FTTP networks in four cities on top of those they have already announced. The full list includes Coventry, Edinburgh, Huddersfield and Stirling, all of which are next in line for a full fibre infrastructure programme along with Milton Keynes, Peterborough and Edinburgh. […]
News and BusinessBASE event in Athens at the end of March brought together more than 300 delegates from entire “broadband value chain”. A new concept of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of 5G, “cloudification”, the Internet of […]
Applications and ResearchVodafone and Huawei have conducted a successful field trial of Fixed Access Network Slicing. The virtual access network solution partitions a physical FTTH network into multiple virtual network slices, creating multi-tenancy virtualisation of the access network. This is designed to give flexibility and full control for different operations teams (be they from different departments in […]
News and BusinessPortuguese operators Vodafone and NOS have signed a national infrastructure development and sharing agreement. The agreement covers the reciprocal sharing of dark fibre serving about 2.6 million houses, where each entity shares an equivalent amount of investment with the other. The partnership also extends to the mobile infrastructure, where it envisages at a minimum the […]
Technologies and ProductsBKT Elektronik recently announced that Vodafone has selected its custom-made ODF and connectivity suite for its nationwide UK exchange renewal project. The solution is designed from the ground up in direct response to Vodafone’s requirements for a new future-proof deployment with the added benefit of backward compatibility for installation into their legacy network. Andrew Wilson, […]
News and BusinessThe CEO of Vodafone Group, Vittorio Caloa has been presented with the PrimiDieci award, recognising him as one of the most influential and successful Italians working in business in the UK. He was given the award at a ceremony and dinner on 3rd May 2016 at BAFTA, London. Colao has been the Group Chief Executive […]
News and BusinessHuawei and Vodafone Group have announced the opening of an Open IoT Lab to work on the development of products and applications relating to Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) technology. The lab will provide a pre-integration testing environment for application developers and device, module and chip manufacturers. The facility, which is the first of seven […]