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Gigabit connectivity: Europe is lagging behind in the roll out of the Full Fibre networks required for economic recovery
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The FTTH Council Europe sets out its priorities for the new European Institutions and elects new President, Board members
During its General Assembly, the FTTH Council Europe formally adopted its working programme and announced the results of the annual election of its President, Board members and Working Committee Chairs
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As European Parliament gives legislative push to fibre and 5G the FTTH Council Europe warns against fake fibre marketing
The European Parliament gathered in plenary session in Strasbourg, recently approved the new European Electronic Communications Code, which will soon become the new legislative framework for telecommunications
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Infinera breaks real-time subsea spectral efficiency records with 6.21 b/s/Hz on 6,644 km MAREA trans-Atlantic cable
Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, announced the successful completion of a series of record-breaking submarine field trials over MAREA, a 6,600-kilometer (km) submarine cable between Virginia Beach, Virginia and Bilbao, Spain
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NEC to build the Bay to Bay Express Cable System
Bay to Bay Express to connect two of the biggest bay areas in the world more
SSE Enterprise Telecoms implements Infinera platform to deliver ‘dark fibre-like network’ across the UK
Strategic acquisition approximately doubles revenue, significantly expands Infinera’s customer base and reaffirms vertical integration strategy moreInterviews
Emerging markets - New technologies, new opportunities and new business models
In the current uncertain economic climate the so-called ‘emerging’ nations - once the cinderellas of the global economy - now present some of the most exciting business opportunities. So, do we approach them using tried and tested business models, or do we take advantage of these relatively green field opportunities to break new ground - leapfrogging legacy technologies with ‘reverse innovation’, and putting new ideas to the test?
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40/100Gb Ethernet, times four or times ten? What is the best way forward for Ethernet
Those who reckoned that 100Gig Ethernet was overkill in a world still migrating to 10Gigs, were taken aback by CIR’s recent report that huge companies like Google and Amazon already have a "desperate need" for 100Gb connections and that early adoption of the costly new technology would not be held back by the current economic climate. So what about those who say ”why bother with 40Gigs when 100Gb is on its way?” According to CIR, the adoption of 40GbE is predicted to start in high-end servers and high-performance comput- ing applications, and up to 80% of the market will be SR4 until CR4 over-copper becomes more viable. But both will rapidly lose share once serial 40Gbit Ethernet becomes a reality in 2014
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Optical transport WDM equipment market grew 15 percent 3Q 2018, according Dell’Oro Group
Coherent wavelength shipments grew 30 percentmore

New market panorama data at the FTTH Conference 2018: 20% growth in fibre subscribers and Ireland joins the fibre league
At the FTTH Conference 2018, the latest figures of the FTTH Market Panorama prepared by IDATE for the FTTH Council Europe were released. The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 20.4% since September 2016 with more than 51.6 million FTTH/B subscribers in September 2017 for EU39. The take-up rate also soared to 34.8% for EU39 from 29.9% the previous year