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Can the UK ever be a European full fibre champion?
2018-05-25 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
This week, the UK's finance minister Philip Hammond said that the UK would need 15 million fibre to the home (FTTH) connections by 2025, in order to enable the profitable evolution of the country's digital economy. As you might expect, the announcement was met with a clamour of enthusiastic agreement by the UK's alt-nets and fibre network builders. The enthusiasm is tempered, however, with a healthy dose of reality, as the industry lined up to remind Mr Hammond that if he is serious about achieving that target, huge levels of investment will be required. “The Chancellor’s announcement is welcome news and addresses our calls for a national, full fibre plan, which is desperately needed to secure our future economic growth. However, we must not underestimate the sheer scale of the challenge," said Matthew Hare, chief executive, Gigaclear. This sentiment was echoed by CityFibre's CEO, Greg Mesch, who called for Mr Hammond to do away with the UK's "make do and mend" mentality. &ldquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Could the UK ever be a European full fibre champion?
2018-05-25 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
This week, the UK's finance minister Philip Hammond said that the UK would need 15 million fibre to the home (FTTH) connections by 2025, in order to enable the profitable evolution of the country's digital economy. As you might expect, the announcement was met with a clamour of enthusiastic agreement by the UK's alt-nets and fibre network builders. The enthusiasm is tempered, however, with a healthy dose of realism, as the industry lined up to remind Mr Hammond that if he is serious about achieving that target, huge levels of investment will be required. “The Chancellor’s announcement is welcome news and addresses our calls for a national, full fibre plan, which is desperately needed to secure our future economic growth. However, we must not underestimate the sheer scale of the challenge," said Matthew Hare, chief executive, Gigaclear. This sentiment was echoed by CityFibre's CEO, Greg Mesch, who called for Mr Hammond to do away with the UK's "make do and mend" mentality. “The Chancellor&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Metsa Group softwood pulp fibre plant progressing
2018-05-23 13:41:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Finnish forest industry products company the Metsä Group is to begin producing sustainable softwood pulp-based textile fibres through the establishment of a new innovation arm.
Mobile centric fibre
2018-05-22 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Mobile Operators have two burning problems: increasing capacity in their 4G networks and laying the foundations for 5G…read more on TotalTele.com »
French telcos invest record breaking 9.6 billion to focus on fibre
2018-05-22 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
French telcos invested a record breaking €9.6 billion last year, as operators invested in fibre networks and laid the groundwork for 5G. ‘Two years ago, I asked operators to break open their piggy banks, to rise to national coverage challenges, and enable France to catch up on the connectivity front…read more on TotalTele.com »
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