Category: Fiber Optic News
Fiber optic news from all over the world.
Kern River Valley Fiber Project Moves One-Step Forward
The pending fiber optic project by Mediacom to connect Inyokern to Onyx is one step closer to realization as the California Public Utilities Commission announced the release of the Draft Initial Study and Negative Declaration. Mediacom intends to install fiber optic cable to bring high-speed broadband to the Kern River Valley along Highway 178. The long-awaited fiber optic cable project…
Vianet Selects Ciena Solutions to Deploy in Nepal
Nepal based internet service provider, Vianet Communications Selects Ciena’s Packet and Optical Platforms to Improve intracity and international Connectivity. With Ciena solutions, the provider can increase transmission capacity over its existing optical networks. There is a surge in demand for high-speed, high-bandwidth services from the land-locked Himalayan nation. In order to meet this unpredictable traffic patterns and a surge in bandwidth demand generated from…
Sparkle Expands Network in Cartagena
Sparkle, the global operations division of Telecom Italia (TIM Group), announces the expansion of fiber optic network infrastructure in Cartagena, Colombia. The backbone network expansion in Colombia is carried out in collaboration with its global partners. Sparkle and partners build a new Point of Presence (PoP) considering the fast-growing demand for high-speed, high-bandwidth services generated from Colombia. The new PoP…
Openreach to Build FTTP Networks in Greater Glasgow
British Telecomm’s engneering subsidiary, Openreach plans for Fiber to the Premise deployment in Greater Glasgow in Scotland.. Greater Glasgow is the 25th area where Openreach deploys its fiber to the premises. The company targets to connect the premises in 2019 with an aim to reach three million homes and businesses with “full fibre” by the end of 2020. The Chief…