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FTTx and deep fiber to the network edge as converged platform
The FTTH APAC Conference in Wuhan, China on 15-17 April will be covering smart cities, FTTx and deep fiber to the network edge as converged platform. Read more…
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Why is 100M+ broadband a hard sell in most APAC markets?
Despite growing FTTH broadband takeup in APAC, in many markets most people are avoiding 100M+ packages, says a Kagan report. Why is that? Read more…
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StarHub lures HFC subs to fiber ahead of mid-2019 shutdown
Singaporean telco StarHub announced that it is escalating efforts to migrate its HFC cable broadband customers to its fiber service before shutting down the cable network completely in the middle of next year. StarHub announced Read more…
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Converge ICT earmarks $1.8b to fiber up the Philippines
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine broadband services provider Converge ICT Solutions said on Wednesday it would invest $1.8 billion over the next five years for a nationwide rollout of fast and cheap fiber internet, partnering with Read more…
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Infrastructure sharing is key to FTTP growth in emerging markets
Asia-Pacific is a paradox when it comes to next generation wireline access. The region leads every international ranking in terms of deployment and penetration of FTTP, and yet there is no region where the disparity Read more…
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Fiber-fed broadband rules as ADSL fades away: report
Fiber and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, accounting for 77% of fixed subscriptions, new figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to Point Topic’s latest Global Broadband Statistics report, which take into Read more…
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StarHub reveals new incoming CEO, quits HFC rollouts
StarHub announced Friday that Peter Kaliaropoulos would become CEO of the group effective July 9. Kaliaropoulos will join StarHub from Zain Saudi Arabia, where as CEO he led the company to its first ever net Read more…
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Q&A: Fiber must go deeper to handle future network demands
FTTx deployments have been ongoing for quite a long time now, but there are still plenty of gaps where fiber ideally ought to be, particularly at the edge. Operators have found plenty of workarounds, but Read more…
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ACCC clears Telstra plan to allow FTTC for NBN migration
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved Telstra’s proposed variation to the NBN migration plan that names fiber to the curb (FTTC) as a new access technology for NBN connections. FTTC allows for Read more…
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Vodafone and Huawei trial network slicing for FTTH network
Vodafone and Huawei say they have conducted a successful field trial of fixed access network slicing, which partitions a physical FTTH network into multiple virtual network slices, creating multi-tenancy virtualization of the access network. The Read more…