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Virgin Media O2 finishes gigabit broadband upgrade

Virgin Media O2 has announced the completion of their nationwide gigabit broadband buildout with the connection of 15.5 million homes.

Kwikbit taking multi-gig wireless distribution networks to the great outdoors

  Complementary indoor and outdoor solutions leverage 60 GHz band On the heels of a successful indoor product launch at the Consumer Electronics Show, Kwikbit is prepping to showcase how its next-generation radio and cloud technology can be deployed outdoors at the upcoming Mobile World Congress...

Wonky wireless wishes for 2018 (Reader Forum)

Demand for uncapped broadband providers reaches a fever pitch 2018 can feel a lot like 1998 when your broadband provider is making you suffer with 200 GB data caps. And while originally designed to block a small group of BitTorrent bandwidth hogs, data caps are...

Vodafone investing big in fiber-to-the-premises in U.K.

Fiber partnership between Vodafone and CityFibre targets 5 million homes and business by 2025 You can't have wireless without wires--a telecom paradigm illustrated by Vodafone's partnership with CityFibre to significantly expand the reach of fiber-to-the-premises connectivity in the U.K. over the next eight years. The partners...

How GeoLinks’ Flagship Product ClearFiber™ is Closing the Rural Broadband Gap AND Connecting Urban America

Exclusive Interview with Innovative Telecom, GeoLinks’, CEO, Skyler Ditchfield Every Fall communication industry executives from around the world travel to Silicon Valley to attend the Telecom Councils’ TC3 Summit—a 2-day, working summit where companies who build communications networks come to discover innovation. This year’s title...

ZTE Fixed Network User Conference Held in Germany

  On October 25, the ZTE Fixed Network User Conference was convened in Berlin, Germany during Broadband World Forum (BBWF) 2017. More than 20 operators from Europe and across the world attended the conference, where they discussed fixed network construction modes and shared their experience...

Vodafone plans to invest 2 billion Euros in gigabit networks

Vodafone will put 2 billion Euros into German gigabit networks by 2021 Vodafone has laid out plans to invest 2 billion Euros (around $2.39 billion) to boost gigabit networks in Germany. Vodafone estimated that the incremental capital expenditures, to be doled out between now and...

Google Fiber pauses operations, loses CEO and cuts 9% of workforce

Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 "potential Fiber cities" while it refines its approaches, according to a blog post by Craig Barratt, SVP of Alphabet and CEO of Access. In yesterday's post, Barratt stated Google Fiber must...

Google Fiber pauses operations, loses CEO and cuts 9% of workforce

Google Fiber, a slowly sinking ship Google Fiber will be halting its operations in 10 "potential Fiber cities" while it refines its approaches, according to a blog post by Craig Barratt, SVP of Alphabet and CEO of Access. In yesterday's post, Barratt stated Google Fiber must...

Qualcomm announces first gigabit LTE device and network on path to 5G

Qualcomm, Telstra, Ericsson and Netgear announce world’s first gigabit class LTE device and gigabit-ready network HONG KONG — At the 4G/5G Summit today, Qualcomm announced it has worked with Telstra, Ericsson and Netgear on the world’s first gigabit LTE mobile device, the Netgear MR1100 router, and...

Ericsson, Qualcomm, Telstra, Netgear partner on 5G ready router, network

Qualcomm, Telstra, Ericsson and Netgear announce world’s first gigabit class LTE device and gigabit-ready network HONG KONG – At the 4G/5G Summit today, Qualcomm announced it has worked with Telstra, Ericsson and Netgear on the world’s first gigabit LTE mobile device, the Netgear MR1100 router, and the...

Comcast trials gigabit internet in Chicago using DOCSIS 3.1

Comcast has announced the launch of a Chicago-area trial for a new internet service that delivers speeds up to 1 gigabit per second to customers.  The service will use DOCSIS 3.1 technology to deliver these speeds over the company’s existing network infrastructure. In January, CableLabs gave...

Gigabit Internet coming to France in Altice, Arris collab

In a partnership with Arris, the French-based Altice Group is rolling out gigabit Internet services to SFR customers in France, with Suddenlink in the U.S. and Orange-Tricom subscribers in the Dominican Republic. The two companies are deploying the Arris E6000 Converged Edge Router, which sets...

AT&T expanding fiber-based GigaPower service

Moves further competition between AT&T and Google Fiber for gigabit Internet to the home AT&T this week expanded its GigaPower fiber-to-the-home service in several major metro markets in Florida, Texas, Georgia, Nashville, Indiana and Illinois. In several of the markets, AT&T's fiber service is in direct...

RCRtv Weekly Recap: NWSA, NI Week, ItsOn, GigTank

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing. August 7th was the series premiere of RCRtv’s newest edition, Wi-Fi NOW with host Claus Hetting. Wi-Fi NOW focuses on public...

GigTank and gigabit access – Coders Episode 21

On this episode of Coders I'm talking to the director of GigTank in Chattanooga, Tenn., Alex Lavidge. GigTank is a boutique accelerator that takes advantage of Chattanooga's gigabit Internet connections the city implemented to enable a "smart grid" for the city's utilities. Alex discusses some...

Fiber wars move to Atlanta, Research Triangle

Comcast, AT&T and Google all deploying fiber-to-the-home networks North Carolina’s Research Triangle is among the latest battlegrounds as network operators compete to offer ultra-high-speed, fiber-based Internet service to consumers. The Research Triangle includes Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary, which similarly includes numerous academic and scientific...

Google Fiber service expanding to four new markets

Another possible Google Fiber expansion announcement later this year As expected, Google Fiber is coming to 18 new cities in four metropolitan areas, according to a Jan. 27 announcement from the company. The high-speed Internet and HD television service is planned for the Atlanta; Nashville, Tenn.;...

Google Fiber likely to expand Gigabit service

Atlanta, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte in the mix Google Fiber is poised to expand to four more U.S. markets, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with company plans. Google already offers the Gigabit fiber optic-based Internet service in Austin, Texas; Provo,...