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Bell hits important FTTP milestone in Canada
2018-04-10 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Bell has announced that its full fibre network now covers "most homes and businesses" in the Toronto area. Bell invested $1.5 billion in its fibre optic network…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Vodafone, CityFibre name next UK FTTP city
2018-03-23 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Vodafone and CityFibre will roll out a full fibre broadband service in the U.K. city of Peterborough, they announced this week. The pair have selected Peterborough as the third location to be covered by their fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) partnership announced late last year…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Legal insight: Regulatory reforms to facilitate FTTP
2018-03-16 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
EU and UK policies have led to large-scale investment in telecoms infrastructure in recent years. Although the UK is on its way to meet the first 2020 target (full 30 mbps coverage) largely through FTTC deployments, there is still some way to go in respect of the second (access to 100Mbps or higher connections for 50% of premises). The European Parliamentary Research Service Briefing dated February 2018 states that the EU Commission estimates that there is a 500billion Euro investment gap over the coming decade. The Fibre to the Home Council’s research estimates that 137 billion Euros is needed by 2025. However, this level of investment is at risk due to regulatory uncertainty. With the UK on the verge of further public and private investment to upgrade the “last mile”, we discuss some of the regulatory reforms introduced to facilitate roll out. The Electronic Communications Code 2017 (&ldquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Openreach accelerates FTTP network build with 'fibre first' strategy
2018-02-01 11:34:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) BT network subsidiary Openreach has announced the launch of its 'fibre first programme' to upgrade UK infrastructure. The first step involves expanding the FTTP build programme by 50 percent to reach 3 million homes and businesses by end-2020.
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Openreach commits to 3 million FTTP connections in the UK by 2020
2018-02-01 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Openreach has promised to significantly boost the UK's fibre to the premises (FTTP) footprint, as the company launches its Fibre First campaign. The first phase of this programme will see Openreach increase its current commitment to FTTP services by 50% - promising to reach 3 million homes and businesses by 2020…read more on TotalTele.com »
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