Telecom Italia has announced it has increased the speed of its fibre broadband offering.

BT has announced a recruitment drive in its home market as it looks to increase the number of people dedicated to technology.

Maciej Witucki, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Orange Poland, admits the operator has no defined targets for FTTH deployment.

Fibre providers Cityfibre and Gigaclear have boosted their leadership team and financial war chest as they step up efforts to take business away from BT.

Orange continued its recent financial improvement last year ahead of the unveiling of a new strategic plan for the next five years.

Virgin Media has revealed plans to extend its network by four million UK premises in what it is calling the largest investment in UK broadband infrastructure in over a decade. 

Alcatel-Lucent has added a new FTTH product that it said would help operators to move to fibre more affordably.

Given their arrival on Segways following a laboured performance by street dancers trying to convince delegates of the need for fibre in order to satisfy Generation Y’s appetite for gaming, you expected a big bang from the hosts of the FTTH Council’s annual conference. 

The number of FTTH/B subscribers in Europe increased by 60 percent in 2014, new figures have revealed.

eircom has launched an €18 million recruitment scheme to create 375 new jobs and help to build a national communications network across Ireland.

EE confirmed its position as Europe’s premier 4G operator on the day its sale to BT got the go-ahead from three companies involved.

Vodafone saw group revenues rise in the last three months of the year thanks to the inclusion of figures from Kabel Deutschland and Ono.

BT has agreed definitive terms to acquire EE for £12.5 billion (€16.7 billion) after talks with Deutsche Telekom and Orange concluded successfully.

Internet service providers in the UK are primed to reap the benefits of the growing multi-play market after a new report revealed that consumers value their broadband connection more than other communications services.

KPN said it would look at small M&A targets in the Netherlands as it reported falling sales and profits in 2014.

By Ronan Kelly, CTO EMEA & APAC at Adtran

As we hit the halfway point in this decade, it would appear that common sense is once again returning to our beloved broadband industry.

BT reported mixed financial results as it revealed plans to acquire EE were making good progress.

BT is planning to deploy G.Fast technology from next year as it looks to boost broadband speeds.

Vodafone and Alcatel-Lucent have tested 400G data speeds over the operator’s existing optical infrastructure in Spain.

Alcatel-Lucent is building a converged gigabit optical (GPON) network for Vodacom’s residential and enterprise markets.