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UK govt takes first full fibre step

2017-09-04 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

The U.K. government on Sunday named the first regions that will benefit from funding it allocated to fibre rollout earlier this year, but the announcement marks a very small step, accounting for just 5% of the available funding. The state will spend £10 million on six pilot projects to deploy fibre…read more on TotalTele.com »

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Government names trial areas for 'full fibre' broadband

2017-09-03 03:24:50| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Data download speeds could soon be hitting gigabit speeds in some areas of the UK.

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Canadian regulator pushes ahead with wholesale fibre access

2017-08-29 17:37:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) The Canadian regulator CRTC is pushing ahead with efforts to open up the fixed broadband market to competition and has set interim rates for wholesale access to cable and fibre networks in Ontario and Quebec provinces.

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Vodafone, Openreach discuss joint fibre network investment - report

2017-08-23 10:16:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Vodafone is in talks with BT Group company Openreach about a possible joint investment in fibre-optic networks in UK cities, reports The Telegraph. According to unnamed industry sources, they are in "early but serious" talks about building new large-scale infrastructure to replace old copper lines, with Vodafone looking to initially focus on major metropolitan areas.

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