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Google halts new Fiber rollouts, cuts staff in major strategy shift
Google will not now roll out fibre internet in most of its ‘potential Fiber cities’ and will cut staff in these markets, in a major change to its connectivity strategy. In a blog post announcing its...
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Spain’s Adamo makes €40m fibre pledge
Regional Spanish broadband provider Adamo will invest €40 million to build out fibre in the Cantabria region in the north of the country. The company said the expansion will take fibre to all parts of...
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Fibre surpasses cable in Portugal
There are now more fibre broadband subscribers than cable in Portugal, according to the latest statistics published by regulator ANACOM. According to the communications watchdog, there were 3.42...
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Altice promises to fibre France without public funds
Altice’s French unit SFR is to roll out fibre across the whole of France, promising to cover 80% of the national territory by 2022 and 100% by 2025. Responding to a request by the French government for...
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UK begins 1Gb broadband trials
The UK government has started trialling 1 Gigabit broadband, marking the start of a £200 million (€218 million) scheme to introduce the UK’s “fastest and most reliable broadband”. The first stage of...
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Vodafone Germany plans €2bn Gigabit fibre investment
Vodafone Germany has unveiled plans to invest €2 billion by the end of 2021 on Gigabit fibre broadband services. The UK-headquartered telecoms giant said it expects todeliver around 13.7 million new...
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NOS teams up with Vodafone in Portuguese fibre deal
Portuguese network operators NOS and Vodafone Portugal have signed a deal to co-develop and share fibre infrastructure. The pair’s agreement covers the reciprocal sharing of dark fibre infrastructure...
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