Not quite a year after announcing that Kansas City, KS, would host its first fiber to the home (FTTH) test bed (see "Google names Kansas City, KS, FTTH test bed city"), Google has...
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it has been selected as a key supplier for the deployment of a superfast broadband access network for Mexican carrier Telmex. One of the largest...
Openreach, the infrastructure arm of UK operator BT Group PLC (LSE: BT.A), says it has held successful trials of "FTTP on demand" in St Agnes, Cornwall. It has been testing the technology...
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) released the names of 12 additional communications companies that have selected elements of the company’s Unified Access portfolio for broadband stimulus projects....
Australian service provider Internode has announced plans for a new fiber to the home (FTTH) broadband offering in greenfield customer locations. The services top out at 100 Mbps downstream and 40...
Telecom service provider Qtel has launched commercial services on Qtel Fibre, bringing FTTH connections to residential customers. After months of installation and development, the service is now...
Google’s FTTH test bed effort in Kansas City, KS, has been delayed due to pole attachment issues, according to a report in the Kansas City Star. The company has not been able to reach...
Zhone Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZHNE) says Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is deploying Zhone's MXK Optical Line Termination (OLT) as part of a new nationwide GPON...
VolkerWessels Telecom, the telecoms division of Dutch construction company VolkerWessels, has choosen the Prysmian Group to supply FTTH cable for 2012 deployments. Draka will execute the contract,...
Openreach, the arm of BT in charge of broadband services, has announced plans to extend its fiber-based infrastructure to another 178 exchanges – including 33 in Scotland. Most of these...