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Japan mulls 5G fee to subsidise fibre rollouts in rural areas
Japan’s MIC mulls mobile carriers and fibre-based ISPs charging their customers a small fee each month to subsidise rural fibre rollouts. Read more…
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Starhub completes move to fibre, promotes recycling of old kit
StarHub has announced the completion of its cable-to-fibre migration for its TV and broadband services, offers recycling of old equipment. Read more…
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StarHub extends deadline for legacy cable network shutdown
StarHub says its cable network cessation has been extended to 30 September, to cater to the recent spike in demand for fibre services from cable customers. Read more…
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Telstra unveils boost in fibre capacity for Asia-Pac customers
Telstra and Infinera have unveiled a major boost to Telstra’s network services for customers in Asia Pacific, with a significant increase in fibre capacity. Read more…
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Australia’s nbn successfully tests universal NG-PON fibre solution
nbn Australia has successfully tested Nokia’s universal NG-PON fibre solution in Nokia’s Melbourne lab facility. The trial achieved aggregate broadband speeds of 102Gbps on a single fibre and demonstrated the dynamic provisioning of bandwidth to support Read more…