Month: June 2015
Red River Brings Fiber Optic Broadband to Hankinson
The North Dakota based Red River Rural Telephone Association has received more than 8.5 million US dollars as Federal loan and the telecommunication company has decided to continue its work to bring high-speed internet to each community in Richland County. Red River had earlier expanded and brought its internet services to some communities within Richland County, including Wyndmere when the…
Bell Invests to Build Fiber Infrastructure in Toronto
Bell Canada will invest 1.14 billion Canadian dollars to build fiber optic infrastructure in Toronto. Bell announced it will deliver Internet at Gigabit speeds to homes and businesses across the City of Toronto with the new Gigabit Fibe service. Coupled with Bell’s single largest infrastructure expansion project, creating approximately 2,400 direct jobs and significant economic and innovation benefits, Gigabit Fibe…
A Second Fiber Optic Cable Factory in Azerbaijan?
Azerbaijan’s local newspaper Azer News reports a joint project for Fiber optic cable production in the country. Azerbaijan has one existing fiber optic cable producer, Sumqayit Technology Park (STP) in Industrial area of Sumqayit, which located near to the Caspian sea. The newspaper report says the new fiber optic cable company will be established in joint venture with an Austrian…
Comcast Deploys Fiber Networks in Elgin
Comcast had deployed fiber optic cables to meet growing demand for high speed services in Elgin. Businesses in the area needed higher speed, high bandwidth services that legacy cables are unable to provide was the reason behind the deployment of fiber optic cables in Elgin as per Comcast officials. Around 3.6 kilometers of fiber optic cables have been installed in…
Tanzania to Expand Fiber Optic Networks
Third phase of national fiber optic backbone project will soon start in Tanzania. Tanzanian government has announced plans to expand improved next generation network infrastructure in the third phase and intends to invest around 94 million US dollars. The East African nation aims to become a regional hub for communication services. Tanzania is located at a strategic location that is…
FTTx Optics Market to Show Record Growth in 2015
The market research firm Ovum has published a new report, which forecasts record level growth for FTTx optics in 2015. The record growth in 2015 is followed by a record-breaking 2014. The report forecasts that FTTx optical components revenue will exceed $1 billion this year showing a year to year growth of 4.93 percent. In 2014, the revenue was $953…