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Mergers & Acquisitions
CityFibre to buy FibreNation from TalkTalk, tweaks Vodafone FTTH deployment agreement
CityFibre adds the addition of FibreNation’s FTTH infrastructure will enable the company to expand its roll-out target from 5 million to up to 8 million premises.
FTTH/B
Deutsche Telekom, EWE launch German FTTH network provider Glasfaser Nordwest
FTTH/B
Traverse City Light & Power taps Fujitsu for gigabit FTTP deployment
Cables & Enclosures
Prysmian to supply fiber cable for rural Mexican fiber broadband project
Components
OptoNest offers MPO splitter configured as LC to MPO fiber connectors
Featured
FTTH/B
UK regulator Ofcom proposes support of copper-to-fiber transition
Mergers & Acquisitions
Atlantic Broadband to buy Thames Valley Communications
FTTH/B
KCOM to expand FTTP footprint beyond Hull, UK
FTTH/B
NTCA: Rural operators embracing fiber broadband
FTTH/B
A1 touts Austrian fiber-optic network expansion
Mergers & Acquisitions
TDS closes purchase of Continuum
Sponsored
Is your Network Ready for 400GbE?
Mergers & Acquisitions
Swish Fibre to fund UK FTTP deployment through sale to Fern Trading
The London-based company says it plans to pass 250,000 premises in the Home Counties with its FTTP infrastructure.
FTTH/B
U.S. FTTH homes passed sets year-on-year record: Fiber Broadband Association
U.S. broadband services providers and network operators have rolled out enough fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructure to pass 6.5 million homes over the past 12 months.
Companies
Rich Schroder new president and CEO of Tellabs Access
Schroder, who currently is the company’s COO, replaces Jim Norrod in these roles.
PON/Systems
China Mobile uses Huawei’s BusinessPON for passive optical LAN installations
The Chinese service provider has used the gear to create gigabit-capable passive optical LAN private network for commercial buildings and smart campuses in Chengdu.
Transmission
Prysmian intros BendBrightXS 180µm bend-insensitive single-mode fiber
As the name implies, the bend-insensitive fiber features a diameter of 180 µm, slightly narrower than the wave of 200-µm fibers that have reached the market over the past several years.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Altice Europe links with Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners to create Altice Portugal FTTH network wholesaler
Altice Portugal FTTH will leverage all of MEO’s fiber to the home (FTTH) and dark fiber assets, which pass approximately 4 million homes in Portugal.
FTTH/B
Fiber Broadband Association announces new leadership
Katie Espeseth, vice president of new products at broadband service provider EPB, will become board chair on January 1, 2020, for the year.
High-Speed Networks
Fujikura offers 90S core alignment fusion splicer
The new unit offers a range of enhancements from the standard set by the previous 70S+ system, says the company. These features increase precision while reducing splice time, Fujikura asserts.
FTTH/B
KPN plans fiber to the home deployment in Amsterdam
The FTTH deployment is part of a project to connect 1 million homes throughout the Netherlands by the end of 2021.
FTTH/B
C Spire to expand FTTP footprint into Alabama
The initiative will start with Jasper, in northwest Alabama, in 2020 and extend to metropolitan Birmingham, Shelby County, and “other parts of Alabama,” in the words of a C Spire press release.
FTTH/B
Google Fiber to sell only gigabit broadband services
The company also will offer the opportunity to subscribe to Google’s YouTube TV as they subscribe to Google Fiber.
Market Research
Despite spike in 10G PON sales, broadband access equipment market drops double digits in 3Q19: Dell’Oro
The market research firm states in its newly released 3Q 2019 Broadband Access and Home Networking Quarterly Report that revenue in the space dropped 12% year-on-year, thanks to declining interested in xDSL gear.
PON/Systems
Openreach seeks third fiber broadband technology supplier: reports
Huawei and Nokia currently supply Openreach with 10G PON FTTP equipment, based on a tender process completed last year.
High-Speed Networks
FCC issues NPRM to remove unbundling and resale requirements for copper, dark fiber infrastructure
A press statement from the FCC labeled such unbundling requirements “outdated” and stated such requirements “may be unnecessary for—and detrimental to—facilities-based competition.”
