The trial used Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) coherent optics over an unregenerated link
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Record distance – 800 Gb/s transmitted over 16,608 km without regeneration on a transpacific subsea link.
Higher capacity – The trial achieved 18 Tb/s per fiber pair,...
Jeff Heynen, VP at Dell’Oro Group, told RCR Wireless that cable infrastructure upgrades will play a central role in the recovery of the broadband access equipment market this year
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Market rebound – Broadband access equipment spending is set to...
GlobalData told RCR Wireless News that despite high fiber penetration, growth will continue to be driven by network upgrades, premium high-speed plans, and the gradual migration away from legacy copper infrastructure
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Fiber growth offsets decline – Fixed broadband rising at...
The 2Africa system, hit by the war in the Middle East, will be the largest subsea cable network ever built, spanning 45,000 kilometers
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Project halted – Work on the Persian Gulf portion of the cable has stopped after the war...
Deutsche Telekom reached a 5G coverage of 92% in its European footprint as of the end of 2025
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95% 5G target in 2026 – Deutsche Telekom plans to expand 5G coverage from 92% to 95% across its European footprint this...
Swisscom plans to increase its FTTH coverage in Switzerland to 90% by the end of 2035
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60% by 2026 – FTTH coverage stood at 56% in 2025, with long-term targets of 75–80% by 2030 and about 90% by 2035.
Italy fiber...
BT said it passed more than 1 million premises with FTTP for an eighth consecutive quarter
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Revenue down 4% to £5B in Q3 – Declines in service and equipment revenue, plus divestments, weighed on results, while profit before tax fell...
Bell's CEO Mirko Bibic said in a conference call with investors that the company’s AI-powered enterprise solutions businesses are collectively growing approximately 60% year-over-year
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AI enterprise revenue – Bell’s three AI-powered enterprise units are growing about 60% year-over-year, with overall...
Jeff Heynen, vice president at Dell’Oro Group, told RCR Wireless News that XGS-PON will serve as the primary technology through at least 2030 for mass-market residential deployments
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Broadband capex peaks in 2028 – Total broadband access equipment revenue is forecast...
The deployment will support growing demand for cloud services, AI-driven workloads, and high-speed connectivity across the Indo-Pacific
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Pacific upgrades – TPN is deploying Ciena’s WaveLogic 6 Extreme and RLS platforms to boost capacity, efficiency, and resiliency across the Echo and...
The Synapse subsea cable will span approximately 9,700 kilometers and feature 16 fiber pairs
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New Brazil–U.S. route planned – V.tal’s Synapse cable will span roughly 9,700 km with 16 fiber pairs, adding a new transatlantic path between São Paulo and...
The JV project, known as the Intra-Asia Marine Cable (I-AM Cable), will link Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore; it is between NTT Data, Sumitomo and JA Mitsui Leasing
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Intra-Asia system – NTT Data, Sumitomo and JA Mitsui Leasing formed I-AM NW...
Singtel said the trial also lays the groundwork for next-generation Wi-Fi, autonomous devices, and AI-generated entertainment formats
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50Gbps fiber trial launches – Singtel becomes the first operator in Singapore to test 50Gbps XGS-PON, targeting AI-heavy, immersive and multi-device digital use...
Density, latency, and real-time data movement are now the make-or-break variables in modern data center design
Whether you say “Hey Siri” or ask Alexa to dim the lights, you get the response in a blink — even when millions of people are making the same...
GlobalData analyst Kantipudi Pradeepthi said that fiber has become central to China’s connectivity model
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Fiber now underpins nearly all fixed broadband in China – With 99% of lines on fiber, operators and policymakers rely on it as the backbone for...
GlobalData’s latest China fixed communication forecast shows fixed voice and fixed broadband lines growing modestly, at CAGRs of 1% and 1.5%, respectively
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Slow fixed services revenue growth – Declining ARPU across voice and broadband services limits market expansion despite steady...
FiberPass, the joint venture created by Vodafone Spain and Telefónica, began operating in March 2025
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AXA IM Alts acquires 40% of FiberPass – The investor joins Telefónica and Vodafone in the FTTH venture, with Telefónica keeping majority control.
FiberPass now covers...
TalayLink has extended the Interlink cable, which Google revealed under the Australia Connect initiative in 2023
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New Australia–Thailand subsea cable – Google introduced the TalayLink cable, creating a diverse route through the Indian Ocean and extending last year’s Interlink initiative.
Two...
Meta has said that the system connects East and West Africa in a single loop and links the continent to the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe
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2Africa subsea build is now complete – The 45,000-km open-access system connects 33...
The report shows that fixed communications service revenue across APAC is expected to expand at a CAGR of 1% from 2025 to 2030
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Fiber remains APAC’s core growth engine – Despite modest overall revenue expansion, fiber-based broadband adoption will keep...
Google noted that the system is designed to expand the reach, reliability and resilience of digital infrastructure across the Indian Ocean
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Google launches the Dhivaru cable system – A new subsea route linking the Maldives, Christmas Island and Oman...
Strong fiber uptake and industrial AI push anchor Deutsche Telekom’s outlook
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Record fiber gains – In Germany, Deutsche Telekom added 155,000 FTTH customers in Q3 — its strongest pure-fiber quarter ever — with the network now reaching 11.8M homes.
AI...
The Verizon–AWS partnership expands long-haul fiber routes to meet AI’s surging bandwidth needs and strengthen Verizon’s AI Connect platform
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AI infrastructure convergence – Fiber expansion and AI workload growth are becoming inseparable, with network design increasingly driven by the data...
David Selby, director of Global Network Infrastructure Development at AWS, told RCR Wireless News, that Fastnet strengthens AWS's ability to maintain continuous operations for customer workloads
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Linking U.S. and Ireland – AWS’s new Fastnet cable will connect Maryland and County...
