Historically, businesses had to rely on multiple ADSL lines with high contention ratios, or low-speed Diginet lines. These copper lines would often get stolen or performance would deteriorate with ...

Many businesses opt for Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) instead of Fibre-to-the-Business (FTTB) because it seems to be more cost-effective – but you get what you pay for. FTTB has several advantages over ...

The total number of homes in the EU39 countries passed with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and fibre-to-the-building (FTTB) has reached nearly 172 million, compared with 160 million in 2018. That is the top ...

* Fifty-two African countries are now connected to submarine cables, either directly or by terrestrial cross-border fibre-optic networks; 44% of Africans live within a 25km reach of a fibre node. * ...

Why is fibre different? Why is it better than ADSL, 3G or any other telecom service? Grant Parker, GM, SEACOM Business South Africa: The way we see fibre is that it's an enabler for living your ...

For the four types of high-speed fixed-line services - FTTH, FTTB+LAN, HFC (hybrid fiber coaxial) and xDSL - currently available in Korea, the number of FTTH service subscribers increased by 46.1% ...

Telecom Lead Asia: ZTE, Huawei and Fiberhome are the top three players in terms of shipments in the FTTH/FTTB PON OLT ports market in second quarter of 2012. Huawei, ZTE and Alcatel-Lucent are the ...

A report from the FTTH Council Europe has confirmed the continuous progress of fibre-optic network roll-out across the region, with full-fibre connectivity being a clear priority for EU authorities, ...

League tables do nothing to help improve the lot of an individuals broadband but can sometimes stir firms, politicians and regulators to try and shift the figures they are focusing on further up the ...