Fiber Broadband Association has announced a mini course for its Optical Telecom Installer Certification (OpTIC Path) fibre technician training programme, titled “Broadband Basics: Your Future in Fibre!.” The mini course will introduce broadband concepts and career opportunities, attract new students, and help close the gap in skilled technicians needed to connect every community to high-speed fibre broadband services. (more…)
August 28, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Nokia has announced the launch of Corteca, a new end-to-end home connectivity software for broadband devices. This will enable service providers to enhance customer experiences, generate new revenues and reduce operational costs. (more…)
August 23, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has announced a suite of Broadbandtoolkit.com geospatial planning tools for FBA members to visualise existing broadband deployments and areas of opportunity. Members now have the capability to access several tools through FBA’s Research and Resources library. (more…)
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VCTI has announced a new set of capabilities that extend the accuracy of the cost-to-build analytics delivered by the company’s Broadband Investment Optimisation (BIO) service offering. Included in the BIO portfolio is VCTI’s PoleIQ automated field assessment tool, which was recently used by one national broadband service provider to assess aerial deployment options and uncover more than [$2 million (€1.83 million)] in savings for one deployment. (more…)
August 22, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Shadow secretary of state for Wales, Jo Stevens and Shadow Wales minister Gerald Jones MP recently visited Openreach’s National Learning Centre for Wales to learn more about the strides being made to bring full fibre broadband to Wales. Based in Newport, the multi-million pound learning centre gives trainee Openreach engineers the opportunity to learn the ropes and test their skills in a replica street, built from scratch to recreate the real network in the outside world. (more…)
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Nokia has announced plans to manufacture fibre broadband optical modules in the U.S. for use in the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) programme. Partnering with Fabrinet, a global manufacturer of precise optical products, Nokia will produce multi-rate optical modules at Fabrinet’s facility in Santa Clara, California. (more…)
August 18, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Work to upgrade Wath upon Dearne’s digital foundations with future-proof full fibre network connectivity is now underway after CityFibre started construction works in the town’s Swinton area. CityFibre is investing £31.2 million (€36.49 million) in bringing this new technology to local homes and businesses, providing them with access to a network that has been designed to serve their growing data needs for decades to come. (more…)
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Radisys Corporation (Radisys), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jio Platforms Limited and a global provider of open telecom solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mimosa Networks, Inc. (‘Mimosa) from Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. Mimosa brings a diverse portfolio of point-to-point and point-to-multi-point connectivity products leveraging unlicensed spectrum bands. (more…)
August 16, 2023
Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar
Homes and businesses across much of Bracknell are now able to future-proof their homes and access fast broadband to get a new digital network roll out by CityFibre. Among the parts of the town to be finished to date are Easthampstead, Harmans Water, Binfield, Birch Hill, Crown Wood, Great Hollands and Jennetts Park. (more…)
August 11, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban
Butler Electric Cooperative has selected Conexon, to deliver fibre broadband support services for cooperative’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network. The $21 million (€19.18 million) project, representing the state’s electric cooperative fibre broadband network, is partially being funded through a $10 million (€9.13 million) Kansas Capital Projects will deliver FTTH internet access to approximately 4,300 rural Kansans. Service will be offered through Butler Electric’s broadband division, Velocity.
August 8, 2023
Posted by: Shriya Raban