bt for fibre
RSS bt for fibreBT's in-house boffins name their technologies for the future
News But looking forward five years they pinpointed 3G, fibre-to-the kerb (cabled homes), home networks and online fraud detection as the hot technologies to watch. The boffins at BT's Adastral Park research centre have been telling the telco which... [05 Dec 2001]
In brief: BT strives for Belgian breakthrough
News BT Belgium is hiring dark fibre from Belgian railway operator, SNCB, but will later lay its own lines. BT is increasing its efforts to break into the Belgian market by offering discounts of up to 20 per cent to business customers. [03 Sep 1998]
Direct Line hangs up on BT and C&W for Fibernet ATM
News The infrastructure will link Direct Line's ten call centres and eight regional offices across the UK via Fibernet's fibre optic network. UK insurance firm Direct Line has replaced its BT and Cable and Wireless leased line circuits with an ATM... [16 Jun 2000]
BT chief hints at fibre rollout
News Sir Christopher Bland, who relinquishes his role at BT in September, said on Wednesday that BT could opt for a deployment of what is known as "fibre to the kerb", or "fibre to the cabinet". A BT spokesperson confirmed on Thursday that the company... [19 Jul 2007]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News A BT spokesman told silicon.com these barriers include a universal service obligation to put copper wire into new homes, something which is high cost but which fibre takes away the need for. F is for Fibre [15 Jul 2008]
Virgin touts free broadband speed upgrade
News A planned BT fibre deployment at Ebbsfleet, Kent, will offer speed of up to 100Mbps on a mixed development including 10,000 homes. BT's forthcoming ADSL2+ tech will offer speed of up to 24Mbps, though the telco is also dabbling with fibre. [28 Jan 2008]
Faster speeds on the cards for Broadband Britain?
News Tiscali CEO, Mary Turner, recently told silicon.com fibre to the cabinet - aka backhaul - needs to be "commercialised" as BT is not currently obliged by Ofcom to resell it. F is for Fibre It is also sniffing around fibre. [22 Feb 2008]
21CN knocks BT home fibre chances
News BT's investment in its all-IP next-generation network - known as the 21CN - has hit its move towards fibre to the home (FTTH), a type of technology for delivering broadband that could supercharge the UK's internet connections. [12 Apr 2007]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that O2 was "not going to move" until Ofcom changed the rules to ensure a... [17 Jul 2008]
The A to Z of broadband
News F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre F is for Fibre [01 Nov 2006]
Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever
News F is for Fibre But other companies are also looking at boosting the UK's fat pipes by laying fibre cabling in sewers - which could realise connection speeds of up to 100Mbps. The analyst said the UK's telecoms landscape is set for "enormous change... [01 Feb 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News F is for Fibre Although the backbone of the UK's broadband infrastructure is being upgraded to fibre, the current impasse over the provision of fibre access - or next-generation access (NGA) - to homes and businesses is preventing such speeds from... [07 Jul 2008]
Where next for broadband Britain?
News But he said this is an issue that is likely to trouble small businesses before it annoys consumers - as SMEs might feel they are losing a competitive edge for accessing and competing in global markets where fibre deployments have - or may... [22 Nov 2007]
London to get citywide Ethernet LANs from BT
News The Ethernet Virtual LAN (Evlan) service extends BT's existing LAN/SAN extension service, which uses fibre connections to make Ethernet links between places up to 25km apart and is currently being rolled out to all London schools in a government... [15 Sep 2005]
Ofcom consults on next generation access
News BT is reluctant to spend billions of pounds installing fibre to the home (FTTH) or fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) while regulations state it would have to give rival providers equivalent access to those connections. [27 Sep 2007]
