Telstra has released the details of new fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network plans, declaring that a commercial pilot of the system will commence in new Queensland estates around June of this year.

BT's fibre-to-the-premises services will not go live this summer as originally planned, according to the executive in charge of the company's super-fast broadband programme. Johnny McQuoid told ZDNet ...

Fiber to the premises extends fiber cabling all the way to homes or businesses. Because fiber provides a significant bandwidth boost over twisted-pair or coaxial connections used in the last mile, ...

Carriers Can Leverage Copper and Fiber Solutions to Deliver Advanced Services to Unserved and Underserved Areas HUNTSVILLE, AL, (February 24, 2009) ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) a leading supplier of ...

We reported on the situation for new build premises back on 12th October, revealing that for the first time we are seeing over half of new homes benefiting from full fibre. Fast forward two weeks and ...

For many consumers in the US, getting a phat broadband pipe is still, well, a pipe dream. Many areas with broadband only have a single vendor to choose from, and others with more than one option are ...

Full fibre broadband availability has grown significantly across the UK in recent years. There's still a long way to go before this much-faster fibre to the premises (FTTP) broadband technology is ...

Even though the rate of adoption of fibre broadband across Europe ranges from as low as one in six to almost universal, penetration and coverage is on the rise, leading to higher potential ...

Verizon is set to tap Motorola as its second source supplier of FTTP gear, besting Alcatel on price, according to investment firm UBS Warburg. This is both good news and bad news for current supplier ...

Just as the country’s leading alternative broadband suppliers (altnets) were being feted at trade body Independent Networks Cooperative Association’s (Inca’s) gala awards, research has warned that the ...

Virgin Media has announced that it will be rolling out fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) for about 1 million homes and businesses in the UK over the next few years. Yes, the UK is finally getting real ...