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RSS fibre in newsFibre connectivity set to change, says EC
News The European Commission is to issue a recommendation on how member states should go about rolling out fibre connectivity to homes and businesses. F is for Fibre Ducatel said the Commission had "concerns" about the relative rates of fibre rollout in... [28 Feb 2008]
Fibre to the home hits one million
News Fibre to the home (FTTH) is making slow but steady progress in western Europe with nearly one million users connected. Sweden is the most advanced user of FTTH - which uses optical fibre for last-mile connections to users' premises and promises... [01 Mar 2007]
Fibre - coming to a home near you
News Fibre to the home (FTTH) will reach more than 14 million homes in Europe by 2012, research predicts. Broadband was delivered via fibre optic networks to more than 2.5 million European homes in 2006 - and demand for the high-speed technology is only... [10 Jul 2007]
Fibre notches up 10 per cent of fat pipes
News Fibre technology is increasingly stealing a greater share of the broadband market and has now reached more than 10 per cent of all subscribers. According to research from broadband analysts Point Topic, FTTx (where connectivity is delivered by... [28 Mar 2007]
Fibre optics researchers are a bunch of spongers
News Bell Labs researchers believe a deep-sea sponge holds clues to building better fibre-optic cables. Fibre-optic cables that communications companies use are very brittle, because they are created using extremely high heat. [21 Aug 2003]
Kingston invests £75m in national fibre-optic network
News Steve Maine, CEO of Kingston Communications, said the two companies will share construction of a national fibre-optic network that will give Kingston 70 per cent coverage of the UK. Kingston Communications will invest £75m into a partnership with... [22 May 2000]
Fibre firm fumbles for financing
News New York-based fibre-optic network builder Metromedia Fiber Network is embroiled in a last-ditch attempt to secure a $350m line of credit as deadlines loom and the prospects of funding look bleak. The telecoms crisis forced the firm to look outside... [16 Aug 2001]
Nortel abandons $100m fibre optic deal
News Talks between Nortel and a leading fibre optic specialist made public earlier this week have been abandoned, ending the prospect of a $100m tie up. The result would have given Nortel a 60 per cent stake in the optical fibre company. [28 Jul 2000]
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]
Teleglobe implements fibre optic network
News Teleglobe Communications is starting the implementation of the first leg of the of its GlobeSystem European fibre optic ring network. The Optinex 1640 DWDM claims to offer the first 400 Gbit optical network system to operate over terrestrial and... [09 Jun 1999]
Europe not pushing enough fibre to the home
News Europe is lagging behind other continents for fibre to the home (FTTH) technology. Vince Chook, analyst for Point Topic and report author, said Europe will rapidly become the "digital slowcoach" on the information superhighway without fibre. [18 Apr 2007]
Nortel weighs up bid for optical fibre provider
News Canada-based Nortel Networks and optical fibre company Corning could be set to merge following rumours the companies are in talks. The potential $100bn merger would see Nortel integrating its optical components division with Corning as part of a... [25 Jul 2000]
Walsall in frame for fibre revolution
News The Black Country could be the first region in the UK to see a large-scale rollout of fibre to the premises (FTTP) technology, following a decision by the area's regeneration company to investigate the possibilities of fibre optic cabling. [23 Jan 2007]
KPNQwest splashes out £400m on fibre optic network firm
News Dutch telco KPNQwest has agreed to pay E645m (£403m) for the assets of Global Telesystems (GTS) - including Europe's largest fibre optic network. The merging of the two companies is likely to result in about 1,000 redundancies and according to the... [19 Oct 2001]
BT chief hints at fibre rollout
News BT is seriously considering a rollout of high-speed fibre connectivity across the country, according to the company's outgoing chairman. Sir Christopher Bland, who relinquishes his role at BT in September, said on Wednesday that BT could opt for a... [19 Jul 2007]
