Fiber

AT&T Fiber has received Ookla’s first-ever Best Home Internet award in the United States In sum – what to know: Strategy validated – AT&T said Ookla’s first-ever Best Home Internet award confirms its existing fiber expansion approach rather than signaling …

Pre-MWC, Telefónica has detailed advances in AI-driven network automation and enterprise edge. It has 12 level-4 autonomous use cases across Spain, Germany and Brazil (targeting level 4 across its operations by 2030), and has partnered Mavenir on core AI, and …

Europe’s largest enterprise fibre provider will scale infrastructure and partner-led operations across the Middle East, positioning itself as a regional gateway – whilst also divesting non-AI data centres in Europe to double down on asset-led digital infra. In sum – …

BT said it passed more than 1 million premises with FTTP for an eighth consecutive quarter In sum – what to know: Revenue down 4% to £5B in Q3 – Declines in service and equipment revenue, plus divestments, weighed on …

Under the agreement, AT&T will use Leo’s satellite internet service, while providing ground-based fiber connectivity to AWS data centers In sum — what to know:  Hybrid connectivity play: Amazon Leo and AT&T signed a new agreement which will see the …

At a PTC panel in Hawaii last month, Verizon and industry peers discussed how AI is reshaping networks and data centres, prompting the US carrier to outline its strategy to leverage dense fibre and private 5G for enterprise AI workloads. …

A panel at PTC in Hawaii comprising hyperscalers Google and Meta and wholesalers Exa Infrastructure and Southern Cross Cable Networks explored how AI is reshaping demand for submarine cables, driving hyperscaler-led builds, stressing legacy systems, and creating new regulatory and …

AT&T reported strong fourth-quarter and full-year results, meeting or exceeding its 2025 guidance as it doubled down on fiber and 5G expansion with deals for Lumen and EchoStar assets, plus sharpened its focus on higher-margin enterprise services, and restructured reporting …

The AI build-out is rewriting the fibre comms order-book – between data centres and within data centres, right down to the rack itself. As power constraints, scale-out architectures, and interconnect bottlenecks push fibre ever closer to the data-centre edge, optical …

Amphenol has completed its $10.5 billion cash acquisition of CommScope’s CCS business, leaving CommScope with Ruckus and ANS, rebranded together as Vistance Networks. ANS has been rebranded individually as Aurora Networks. The deal streamlines CommScope, and expands Amphenol’s fiber, AI, …

Singtel has launched Singapore’s first 50 Gbps XGS‑PON fibre broadband trial, a move that goes beyond headline speeds to test how networks can support AI, cloud, and immersive digital services. The pilot highlights a broader industry shift, where access and core …

Singtel said the trial also lays the groundwork for next-generation Wi-Fi, autonomous devices, and AI-generated entertainment formats In sum – what to know: 50Gbps fiber trial launches – Singtel becomes the first operator in Singapore to test 50Gbps XGS-PON, targeting …

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 …

UK-based EXA Infrastructure has completed its long-running acquisition of Ireland-based subsea provider Aqua Comms for a knockdown price. The deal, agreed a year ago, strengthens its transatlantic and intra-European subsea connectivity, adding key cables to its 160,000-kilometre fibre network spanning …

Nearly all international internet traffic – from cloud workloads to streaming video – voyages along a handful of submarine fibre-optic cable highways. These undersea trunks connect continents, power the internet, and underpin the so-called AI ‘supercycle’ – they also make …

GlobalData analyst Kantipudi Pradeepthi said that fiber has become central to China’s connectivity model In sum – what to know: Fiber now underpins nearly all fixed broadband in China – With 99% of lines on fiber, operators and policymakers rely …

GlobalData’s latest China fixed communication forecast shows fixed voice and fixed broadband lines growing modestly, at CAGRs of 1% and 1.5%, respectively In sum – what to know: Slow fixed services revenue growth – Declining ARPU across voice and broadband …

The report shows that fixed communications service revenue across APAC is expected to expand at a CAGR of 1% from 2025 to 2030 In sum – what to know: Fiber remains APAC’s core growth engine – Despite modest overall revenue …

Google noted that the system is designed to expand the reach, reliability and resilience of digital infrastructure across the Indian Ocean In sum – what to know: Google launches the Dhivaru cable system – A new subsea route linking the …

Strong fiber uptake and industrial AI push anchor Deutsche Telekom’s outlook In sum – what to know: Record fiber gains – In Germany, Deutsche Telekom added 155,000 FTTH customers in Q3 — its strongest pure-fiber quarter ever — with the …

The Verizon–AWS partnership expands long-haul fiber routes to meet AI’s surging bandwidth needs and strengthen Verizon’s AI Connect platform In sum – what to know: AI infrastructure convergence – Fiber expansion and AI workload growth are becoming inseparable, with network …

BT said its 5G customer base grew 11% year-on-year to 13.9 million In sum – what to know: Resilient financial performance – Adjusted EBITDA held at £4.1bn as BT’s cost transformation offset pressure from legacy declines and higher wage costs. …

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 In sum – what to know: Linking U.S. and Ireland – AWS’s new Fastnet …

Korea, Iceland, Spain, Finland, and Lithuania lead the OECD with more than 80% of fixed broadband delivered via fiber In sum – what to know: Fiber dominates – Fiber penetration across OECD countries surged to 47%, becoming the backbone of …