Quickline marks graduation of fibre installation apprentices
UNITED KINGDOM 13:57

Quickline marks graduation of fibre installation apprentices

Quickline Communications, UK rural broadband provider, has marked the graduation of three fibre installation engineer apprentices; with apprenticeships ongoing in IT, technical support, HR and finance across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. To date, 128 apprenticeships have been taken up across the region - including 12 at telecoms infrastructure services company OCU Group Opals; 36 at Hull-based construction firm PBS Construction. 

GoNetSpeed expands in New Jersey, New York, Maine
UNITED STATES 13:49

GoNetSpeed expands in New Jersey, New York, Maine

GoNetSpeed, US fibre broadband provider and network operator, has started a USD 13.6 million network build in South River, marking its first community in New Jersey to be connected. The network will deliver multi-gigabit broadband speeds to over 10,500 homes and businesses. 

UK rural ISP Airband appoints new managing director
UNITED KINGDOM 13:41

UK rural ISP Airband appoints new managing director

UK rural broadband provider Airband has appointed Alan Mitchell as Managing Director. He was previously the company's Chief Operating Officer, and will report to Executive Chairman Jarlath Finnegan in his new role. Finnegan said Mitchell had "played a critical role" in Airband's expansion over the last year, and was the right person to lead the company forward.

AT&T refreshes home fibre broadband plans
UNITED STATES 13:30

AT&T refreshes home fibre broadband plans

AT&T is refreshing its home fibre broadband plans to provide customers with a more focused set of plans to suit their needs. From 07 June, customers can choose from four AT&T Fiber speed options - 300 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 1 GIG and 5 GIG. Customers bundling home and wireless internet can get fibre broadband from USD 35 per month, and save up to USD 420 a year. 

Sky Italia signs up Jake la Furia and Del Piero for latest fibre campaign
ITALY 13:23

Sky Italia signs up Jake la Furia and Del Piero for latest fibre campaign

Sky Italia has launched a new advertising campaign featuring Italian rapper Jake la Furia and footballing legend Alessandro Del Piero to promote its 'Sky WiFi' fibre and Sky TV offer. The corresponding ad features Jake la Furia and friends inviting themselves over to Del Piero's house for a binge watch of all seasons of "House of the Dragon" powered by the footballer's Sky Wifi connection.

Icelandic mobile data traffic grows 8% in 2025 but mobile subscribers stay flat
ICELAND 11:53

Icelandic mobile data traffic grows 8% in 2025 but mobile subscribers stay flat

There was no change in the number of mobile phone subscriptions in Iceland year on year in 2025, according to regulator Fjarskiptastofa. Its annual statistical report for the telecoms sector says mobile network data traffic expanded by 7.6 percent year on year. Call minutes from mobile phones fell by 0.8 percent to 1.07 billion.

Hakusan to invest JPY 5 bln in new Japanese plant to meet AI data centre demand
JAPAN 10:38

Hakusan to invest JPY 5 bln in new Japanese plant to meet AI data centre demand

Optical connector and components supplier Hakusan, part of the Lightera Group, has unveiled plans for a new production plant in its native Japan, funded by a JPY 5 billion (USD 31.3 million) capital spend. Set to launch in April 2028, the 20,000 square metre facility will aim to meet global demand for leading-edge optical connectivity in AI data centres. It comes as hyperscale data providers strive to keep up with bandwidth and energy density requirements, often turning to optical transmission upgrades in a

CityFibre reaches over one million connected premises
UNITED KINGDOM 10:33

CityFibre reaches over one million connected premises

CityFibre has reached the milestone of connecting more than one million UK premises to its full-fibre network. CityFibre's critical national infrastructure is also used by enterprises, mobile operators and local authorities to connect around 16,000 sites across the UK - including GP surgeries, hospitals and schools. CityFibre CEO Simon Holden said it continued to "challenge the incumbents" and was powering the digital lives of millions of Brits.

Medusa's subsea segment starts carrying live traffic between Marseille and Bizerte
GLOBAL 09:20

Medusa's subsea segment starts carrying live traffic between Marseille and Bizerte

Orange has announced a new milestone for the Medusa cable system, confirming that the Mediterranean subsea segment linking Marseille (France) and Bizerte (Tunisia) is now operational. The completion of this project, dubbed 'ViaTunisia', was supported by an EU grant that provided funding to cover 30 percent of the construction and management costs. Orange installed the necessary landing infrastructure in Marseille and Bizerte in collaboration with Medusa's partners Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Elettr

Midgard Infra starts marine survey for Verena cable from Denmark to UK
DENMARK 08:20

Midgard Infra starts marine survey for Verena cable from Denmark to UK

Midgard Infra, which was called Altibox Carrier until April, has announced the commencement of marine survey operations for the 630 km Verena subsea fibre-optic cable system to link the UK and Denmark. Survey activities will be done in summer 2026, taking advantage of the more favourable seasonal weather conditions. 

InCoax ties up US carrier framework for fibre-to-coax extension product
UNITED STATES 07:37

InCoax ties up US carrier framework for fibre-to-coax extension product

InCoax Networks has agreed a commercial framework with an unspecified US operator to supply its newly launched InCoax Fiber Extension product. The contract covers selected fibre broadband installations to simplify delivery in single-family homes and certain small apartment buildings. InCoax said the initial order intake could get under way at end-2026 or the start of 2027, but this would depend on the client's internal technical and operations decision process. The framework supports a multi-year strategy b

AI data centre demand to double optical laser component capacity in 2026 - TrendForce
GLOBAL 07:05

AI data centre demand to double optical laser component capacity in 2026 - TrendForce

Growing investment in AI data centres is expected to drive a sharp increase in production capacity for key optical networking components used in high-speed interconnects, according to new research from TrendForce. The combined monthly production capacity of electro-absorption modulated lasers (EMLs) and continuous-wave distributed feedback laser diodes (CW-DFB LDs) is expected to reach 50.7 million units in 2026, roughly double current levels, as suppliers expand output to meet demand from AI infrastructure

UNITED STATES 06:55

TDS Telecom expands rural broadband network in Wisconsin

TDS Telecom has started the second stage of its Enhanced Alternative Connect America Cost Model (E-ACAM) broadband network expansion in Dane County, Wisconsin. It held a groundbreaking ceremony in the town of Perry on 02 June. E-ACAM is a federally-funded programme to deliver broadband connectivity in rural areas. TDS started its rural network upgrade in Dane County in 2025 in Black Earth. It has increased the build project beyond the areas covered by federal funding to cover its complete legacy network foo

JAPAN 06:54

NTT to support remote rugby video officiating using IOWN network

NTT, NTT Docomo Business and Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) will deploy a remote television match official (TMO) system using IOWN-based networking technology during the League One 2025-26 playoff final on 7 June at Tokyo's National Stadium. The initiative will allow TMO officials responsible for video review decisions to operate remotely from Otemachi Place in central Tokyo rather than from the stadium itself. The remote operation will be enabled by connecting the venue and officiating location through NTT

PHILIPPINES 01:28

Globe Telecom launches GFibre Prepaid service on GrabMart with 2-hour order-and-install option

Philippines operator Globe Telecom has partnered with GrabMart to introduce an 'order-and-install' distribution model for its GFibre Prepaid service. Under this collaboration, customers can purchase a prepay fibre connection via the Grab app and receive an on-site installation within two hours of the request.

POLAND 2 JUN

Orange Poland offers 6 months' free fixed broadband in Lidl promotion

Orange Poland has introduced a joint promotion with the retail chain Lidl. Customers using the application Lidl Plus will be offered a password, enabling to use free broadband services on a fibre-optical network of the operator for six months. The option is available choosing 600 Mbps to 8 Gbps speed. The promotion is focused on new customers.

UNITED KINGDOM 2 JUN

Swansea Bay City secures GBP 44.8 mln digital connectivity investment

The Swansea Bay City Region secured digital connectivity investment worth GBP 44.8 million during 2024/25, according to the new report from Farrpoint. This includes GBP 2.2 million through the Swansea Bay City Deal Infrastructure Programme, which was used to fund major projects such as the PSBA Full Fibre Infrastructure Build and the Dark Fibre East project.

UNITED STATES 2 JUN

Spectrum expands fibre network across more rural areas of Michigan

Charter Communications' Spectrum division is expanding its fibre broadband network to more than 900 additional rural homes and businesses in unserved/underserved areas of Osceola County, Michigan. This includes the townships of Sherman, Rose Lake, Richmond, Lincoln, Le Roy, Hersey, Evart, Cedar, Burdell and Sylvan, plus the Village of Le Roy. 

POLAND 2 JUN

Polish KPO scheme reaches 294,000 households passed in May

The Project Centre Digital Poland (CPPC) has announced that 294,102 households were covered by broadband networks under National Recovery and Resilience Programme (KPO) projects by the end of May. The figure comes from the national monitoring and analysis system SIMBA and is up from 274,778 homes two weeks ago. Poland aims to cover 521,000 households by the end of August under an extended deadline for the European Commission programme.

FRANCE 2 JUN

SFR taps EfficientIP to offer DNS protection to all fibre subs

French operator SFR, part of Altice France, said that new and existing fibre subscribers can now automatically benefit from a safer browsing experience, following a partnership with network automation and DNS security specialist EfficientIP. Under this collaboration, a new service dubbed 'SFR Navigation Protegee' (SFR Protected Browsing) is integrated into all of the operator's fibre offers at no extra charge.

UNITED KINGDOM 2 JUN

Openreach expands full-fibre network to more English towns, villages

Openreach has started work on new full-fibre broadband networks to connect homes and businesses in Leire (Leicestershire), Long Buckby (West Northamptonshire), Darley Dale and Leabrooks (Derbyshire), Spilsby (Lincolnshire), Barnard Castle (County Durham) and Hungerford (Berkshire). The Openreach full-fibre network now reached over 22 million UK premises, with plans to reach 25 million by end-2026 and up to 30 million by 2030. 

GERMANY 2 JUN

M-net offers new Internet 2000 fibre tariff at EUR 15 monthly for first 6 months

German regional operator M-net has introduced its new Internet 2000 fibre-optic tariff, providing a download speed of up to 2 Gbps speeds and uploads at up to 1 Gbps. The Internet 2000 subscription costs EUR 14.90 monthly for the first six months, EUR 84.90 monthly from the seventh to the 24th month of contract, and EUR 89.90 from the 25th month. The plan has become available in and around Munich, Augsburg, Erlangen and Kempten. In areas surrounding Munich, the tariff costs EUR 119.90 starting from the seve

GERMANY 2 JUN

Telefonica partners EWE to expand 5G in northwestern Germany

Telefonica Germany has announced an agreement with the EWE group to expand the mobile network in northwestern Germany, and connect 5G masts to the fibre-optic network. Under the agreement, EWE provides fibre-optic connections and its own masts to support the expansion of Telefonica's 5G network. Additionally, EWE is supporting the construction of new mobile sites and connecting them directly to the fibre-optic network.

SPAIN 2 JUN

Avatel inks MasOrange network deal, sells Infraco stake to Inveready

Spanish rural telecommunications provider Avatel has signed a wholesale agreement with MasOrange to expand its network coverage to around 95 percent of the country. Avatel said the deal marks a significant step in its growth strategy, enabling it to strengthen its presence in major cities while extending services nationwide.

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