CityFibre CTO charts course for next-gen PON, phased M&A integration

Cameron Page2025-08-01T15:36:00

Source: CityFibre

David Tomalin envisages 50G or 100G upgrade in early- to mid-2030s, with rapid customer rollout — within long-term “rolling plan” for network architecture that factors in role as market consolidator. Read more…

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Themes: 5G; 50G PON; 100G PON; 25G PON; Altnets; Consolidation; Customer experience; Fibre build-out; Fibre consolidation; Full-fibre; GPON; Merger and acquisition (M&A); Network reliability; Network strategy; PON; Symmetrical speeds; Wholesale; XGS-PON.
Events: The Digital Telco.
People: David Tomalin.
Geographic: UK; United Kingdom.
Organisations: Antin Infrastructure Partners; BT; Calix; CityFibre; Connexin; Goldman Sachs Asset Management; Interogo Holdings; Lit Fibre; Mobile Europe; Mubadala Investment Company; Newlight Partners; Nokia; Openreach; University of Glasgow; Virgin Media O2.

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