All Fibre (FTTC/FTTP) articles
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PeopleDigital Infra Peoplewatch: DigitalBridge names data centre leader; Open Dutch Fiber recruits ops boss
October 2025 edition: Alpen Glasfaser, Open Dutch Fiber, and the newly created PremiumFiber name top-level leadership; data centre players Colt, Raxio, and Vantage recruit senior finance experts; France’s TDF continues C-suite revamp; more…
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M&A‘We need to get on with it’: nexfibre boss wants to see altnet acquisition action
Fibreco chief suggests some investors will have to swallow losses on altnets as the industry goes into consolidation mode.
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Analyst BriefingsUK Infrawatch analyst briefing: write-down worries, results revelations, Openreach outrage
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: altnet debt reality bites, rivals sideswiped by Openreach discounts, CityFibre contract gains, and plenty more…
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Analyst BriefingsTelefónicawatch Analyst Briefing: Group vs Gloop as strategy unveil nears
With less than a month to go before Telefónica’s big strategy reveal, the Group continues to appear set for a battle to push through the new agenda, whether with unions and government on cost-cutting plans in Spain, or European decision-makers on consolidation. Exec Chair Marc Murtra has been in Brazil, meanwhile, to raise support for the new plan. Read more…
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Financial & PerformanceAs lenders wobble on UK fibre, should altnets brace for potential write-downs?
FTTH Congress CEE: ING warns that lender peers are weighing up debt write-downs as UK and European fibrecos fail to deliver on business case promises. Altnet leaders warn that investors are ‘scarred’ by past shortcomings, but can be reconvinced…
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Network & InfraTelefónica Deutschland shifts mobile network into automatic
O2 claims Level 4 autonomy in its digital twin after upgrading the system, marking another step on the operator’s network automation journey…
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B2BMásOrange seeks bigger enterprise role with Digital+O unit launch
Spanish telco launches new digital B2B services subsidiary to offer tailored digital transformation solutions to businesses, continuing its push to expand and develop new offerings in the segment…
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Network & InfraOpenreach expands role as Project Gigabit contract sweeper-upper
Openreach picks up Project Gigabit premises previously allocated to UK altnet Voneus, seeing the incumbent add another lot of homes to its Call-Off collection…
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PeopleTelefónica Peoplewatch: new era dawns at O2; Innovation Digital goes ‘cutting edge’
The latest strategic and senior changes at Telefónica, including news that long-serving Germany chief Markus Haas is stepping down after nearly a decade in the job, and just months after signing a new deal…
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Network & InfraVirgin Media O2 pursues faster fibre build with upskilling scheme
The Single Visit Install programme speeds up fibre installations for nexfibre customers, part of a wider VM O2 initiative to transform customer experience and fix historic negative feedback.
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PeopleAlpen Glasfaser’s bureaucracy navigator departs
Magenta Telekom and Meridiam’s Austrian fibre joint venture changes management team structure after exec brought in to build pipeline with municipalities steps down.
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Analyst BriefingsEMEA Infrawatch Analyst Briefing: satellite sovereignty in focus; data centres switch hands
Latest on EMEA digital infra: Eutelsat receives shareholder approval for capital raise; SpaceRISE seeks out ground infra partners for IRIS2; Polish telecoms regulator set to further deregulate Orange Poland; more…
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Public Affairs‘Enormously aggressive’: nexfibre leads altnet complaints against Openreach copper-to-fibre discounting
Connected Britain 2025: As Openreach pulls levers to combat massive broadband losses, and drive fibre adoption alongside, altnet leaders have called out the discount pricing strategy as unsustainable. nexfibre execs have called it an exploitation of the incumbent’s significant market powers, CityFibre warns of structure advantage, plus views from other altnets, rivals…
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Analyst BriefingsBTwatch Analyst Briefing: CEO issues warning ahead of Budget, regulatory review
Latest from BT as CEO Allison Kirkby raises concern at the tax burden and regulatory red-tape faced by UK infra owners; Openreach crosses 20 million prems milestone; Netomnia boss eyes scaled BT challenge; more from around the Group…
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PeopleDT picks out Poland tech chief to fill key German CTO vacancy
T-Mobile Poland’s Alexander Jenbar selected to take on pivotal home-market technology job at DT, overseeing mega-initiatives around AI, 5G, and fibre.
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Financial & PerformanceAltice France clears €8.6bn in debt and opens door to SFR sale
Embattled French group firms up major business restructure seeing founder Patrick Drahi reduce his stake, group of creditors gain a 45%-holding, and former Vodafone CEO Nick Read join Board of Directors as part of a governance rejig.
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Network & InfraDT links to Germany’s broadband portal in bid to cut fibre red tape
Deutsche Telekom urges all municipalities to get on board the Breitband Portal and calls on other operators to make use of the digital platform.
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Analyst BriefingsUK Infrawatch analyst briefing: altnets assemble, convergence interest swells, finances reinforced
Latest from the digital infra scene in the UK, including: Chelot’s altnet future vision, Gamma on FMC opportunities, Project Gigabit funding updates, and plenty more…
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Network & InfraExtra millions flow to UK fibrecos as Project Gigabit contracts updated
CityFibre once again sees a boost to a Project Gigabit contract value as Leicestershire & Warwickshire deal is updated and geographically expanded, becoming the latest fibreco to benefit from Project Gigabit perimeter adjustments…
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Public AffairsOrange Poland could see last regulatory shackles removed, if rivals allow
Regulator UKE plans to remove Orange’s local loop unbundling and bitstream access wholesale obligations in move likely to be closely watched by European telco giants, amid calls for looser rules.