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    French households don’t use a quarter of their devices 

    Despite this, only 13% of internet users thought that buying refurbished devices was a useful avenue for limiting ICT’s environmental footprint

    Three in four Romanians now connect via fibre 

    The country has hit five million fibre-to-the-premises connected internet users

    Deutsche Telekom wins Meta IP transit case 

    Meta wanted to convert an IP transit agreement with Telekom to free peering and continued to send traffic to the telco’s network after contract termination

    Virgin Media O2 Business gets busy in public

    Signs MoU with Crown Commercial Services, teams up with Accenture for private 5G opps and launches Care-ready Connectivity suite for UK healthcare ops

    Plusnet expands fibre footprint with Deutsche GigaNetz deal 

    In a fragmented fibre market in Germany, altnets are still moving fast to build their businesses and not always by overbuilding

    Germany is catching up fast in gigabit connectivity, but could DT scupper progress?

    Some 78.6% of premises have access to gigabit connectivity mostly thanks to altnets but they want a more certain regulatory and political environment to protect their investment

    Romania sees solid fixed line broadband speed increases 

    Regulator ANCOM says fixed wireless access is increasing across the country

    Vodafone rises in Africa, despite currency falls

    Group profit rises 2.2% despite tough conditions and CEO claims transformation plan is working Vodafone Group reported its annual results broadly in line with expectations,...

    UK’s CityFibre acquires Lit Fibre to extend footprint, explore ISP possibilities

    Lit is a vertically integrated altnet – both a network builder and ISP with a footprint of over 220,000 premises across more than 20 towns

    UK fibre overbuild now reaches 7 million premises 

    As BT’s Openreach accelerates its FTTP to 946k homes in Q1, fixed broadband overbuild in the UK is almost getting like Spain

    Deutsche Glasfaser opts for Nokia to deploy fibre broadband

    The vendor’s suite of fixed access and IP network products plus professional services will help the altnet design an optimised, “highly automated network”

    Umniah, Ericsson expand 3G and 4G in Jordan’s cities

    They will extend 4G's footprint to bring mobile data to more people

    Fibreco öGIG expands Austrian network footprint 

    The Graz-Waltendorf groundbreaking sets the race to connect 150,000 homes and businesses by the end of the year

    A missed opportunity: passing the EU’s Gigabit Infra Act

    Brussels can tick the box, but it could and should have been so much better

    Broadband numbers static as Italy shifts to FTTP 

    Mobile stays prepaid while VOD subscriptions grow but viewing falls