FTTH

Warburg Pincus invests in Poland’s Inea, plans major FTTH network build

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Private equity group Warburg Pincus has, via an affiliate, become a strategic minority investor in Polish cable operator Inea and plans to provide funding for… Read more

FTTH for Digital Agenda “makes economic sense”

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Deploying fibre-to-the-home to meet the EU’s Digital Agenda goals makes long term economic sense and western European countries – notably the UK and Italy –… Read more

Orange strikes FTTH partnership with Bouygues Telecom

Orange/France Télécom has struck a partnership with Bouygues Telecom to share fibre infrastructure in densely populated areas in France. The pair will share infrastructure up… Read more

Swisscom suspends fibre plans

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Swisscom has suspended new joint venture partnerships for the launch of local fibre networks following a warning by the country’s competition regulator that such partnerships… Read more

Deutsche Telekom reportedly to set up FTTH subsidiary

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Deutsche Telekom is planning to create a new subsidiary specifically to look after high-speed fibre-optic networks and challenge the country’s cable operators in the high-speed… Read more

Towards the light

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As the European fibre-to-the-home industry prepares for its annual gathering under the auspices of the FTTH Council Europe, whose 2010 conference will take place in Lisbon from February 24-25, Stuart Thomson assesses the current state… Read more