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  • Openreach Taps Ciena for Nationwide 800G Optical Upgrade
  • Openreach Expands Copper Stop Sell to Boost Fibre
  • Ofcom blocks proposed Openreach wholesale full-fibre discount offer

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voip.review /2 weeks ago

Openreach Taps Ciena for Nationwide 800G Optical Upgrade

Openreach is boosting its UK optical network with national 800G services powered by Ciena, strengthening fibre backhaul for cloud, AI, data centres and VoIP providers. The upgrade...

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voip.review /1 week ago

Openreach Expands Copper Stop Sell to Boost Fibre

Openreach is expanding its copper broadband stop sell to 112 more UK exchanges, moving 619,000 premises toward Full Fibre, VoIP, and digital voice services. As PSTN shutdown nears,...

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telecompaper.com /3 weeks ago

Ofcom blocks proposed Openreach wholesale full-fibre discount offer

(Telecompaper) UK regulator Ofcom has published its decisions relating to proposed commercial offers from Openreach...

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voip.review /1 week ago

Ofcom Blocks Openreach Rebates to Protect Fibre Competition

Ofcom’s decision to block Openreach’s wholesale broadband rebates could reshape UK fibre competition and future VoIP connectivity. While ISPs hoped for lower costs, regulators fear...

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voip.review /3 weeks ago

Ofcom Blocks Openreach Fibre Discount Over Competition Fears

Ofcom’s decision to block Openreach’s FTTP discount offer could reshape UK fibre competition and VoIP connectivity costs. By protecting alternative networks from aggressive wholesa...

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voip.review /1 month ago

UK Fibre Growth Shifts From Coverage to Retention

UK telecom operators face a tougher 2026 as full fibre coverage rises but customer growth slows. With VoIP calls, remote work, streaming, and gaming shaping daily broadband expecta...

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voip.review /1 month ago

Openreach Accelerates PSTN Exit Before 2027 Fibre Shift

Openreach’s 2027 PSTN switch-off is accelerating the UK move to fibre broadband and VoIP phone systems. With hidden legacy lines still powering alarms, payment terminals, fax machi...

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bristolpost.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Openreach told to withdraw £9.50 offer by Ofcom

Regulator described the offer as 'unfair' to competitors

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voip.review /1 month ago

UK Fibre Refinancing Puts NOCs and AI Centre Stage

UK fibre operators face a new test: uptime, revenue, and disciplined network operations. As refinancing pressure rises, managed NOC services and AI-assisted fault analysis can prot...

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voip.review /1 week ago

European Fibre Mergers Put Clean Data First

Europe’s fibre consolidation is reshaping broadband and VoIP services as operators merge to cut costs, improve OSS/BSS systems, and boost network reliability. With XGS-PON speeds n...

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voip.review /1 month ago

BDUK Project Gigabit Extends Rural Broadband Reach

BDUK’s latest Project Gigabit update shows rural broadband rollout gaining pace, with 296,770 contracted premises now reached. For VoIP providers, businesses, and remote workers, e...

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voip.review /2 weeks ago

CMA Challenges Nexfibre Netomnia Deal Over Fibre Competition

The CMA’s scrutiny of Nexfibre’s 2 billion Netomnia deal could reshape UK broadband competition, full fibre rollout, and VoIP service delivery. As wholesale network access, Openrea...

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survivefrance.com /3 days ago

Rural Internet

Been there and have the T shirt. I had Free install a Fibre link 2 years ago. The guys who came were not Free employees but contractors and they did a lovely job ..as in they went...

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voip.review /1 month ago

Nokia Orange Trial Advances Optical Network Tomography

Nokia and Orange France have trialled optical network tomography, offering telecom operators deeper fibre visibility without extra probes. By detecting degradation, amplifier fault...

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webwire.com /1 month ago

ReuNION: Orange announces a new submarine cable project connecting La R�union to South Africa

- - • A new, more direct subsea cable route to improve latency and contribute to the resilience and diversification of international connectivity routes in the region - • A...

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telecompaper.com /1 week ago

Altnets form DNA Europe lobby group to preserve wholesale network access in fibre transition

(Telecompaper) An alliance of alternative network operators in Europe has formed to lobby for preservation of the system of regulated wholesale access to telecom networks in the Eu...

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voip.review /1 month ago

NTT Cailabs Advance Optical Satellite Ground Links

NTT and Cailabs are advancing laser-based satellite communications that could bring fiber-like speed, lower latency, and stronger capacity to global networks. By linking optical gr...

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oxfordmail.co.uk /1 month ago

Oxfordshire road to close for Openreach works this November

Crawley Road in Witney will be closed on November 16 between 9.30am and 3.30pm to allow Openreach to carry out works.

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pv-magazine.com /3 weeks ago

Publicly owned company GB Grid announced in UK connections policy overhaul

New state-owned company will compete with private sector network operators. Self-build reforms allowing developers to build their own connections in some cases also planned, follow...

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theconstructionindex.co.uk /1 week ago

Southern to look for leaks with fibre optics

Southern Water is to trial in Hampshire a system from Lightsonics that uses Openreach's fibre optic cable network to detect leaks.

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scmp.com /1 week ago

New Taipei-Hong Kong subsea route opened to cut risk and meet AI demand

One of the world’s biggest network service providers has opened a new subsea route between Taipei and Hong Kong to strengthen the system against repeated underwater cable disruptio...

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mobilesyrup.com /1 week ago

CRTC confirms Rogers, Telus, completed broadband projects in Ontario, B.C.

The CRTC has officially confirmed that two Broadband Fund projects from both Rogers and Telus are complete and are now providing service. The first project, which was completed for...

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survivefrance.com /3 days ago

Rural Internet

When fibre became available in my old hameau, we were door-knocked (lie, we had a doorbell) by a young man purportedly from Orange - in truth, an authorised reseller or agent I sus...

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computerweekly.com /3 weeks ago

How Meta plans to deliver petabit connectivity between US and France

Meta is working with NEC, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Orange to deliver petabit transoceanic cabling capacity

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