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





