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France hit by coordinated attacks on telecom infrastructure

Ryan Daws — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:50:28 +0000

France has been targeted by a new wave of sabotage attacks, this time focusing on telecom operators. The incidents occurred on Sunday night and have affected fibre optic networks across six regions of the country. French authorities have confirmed that installations belonging to major telecom providers SFR and Bouygues Telecom were vandalised. The attacks appear... Read more »

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Toshiba and Orange demo quantum-secure fibre data transmission

Ryan Daws — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:06:22 +0000

Toshiba and Orange have achieved significant milestones in quantum-secure data transmission. Through a meticulous series of evaluations, the two companies have showcased the practicality of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology in safeguarding data transmitted over fibre optic networks. The evaluations, which were carried out in laboratory settings, encompassed several key achievements. Initially, the tests demonstrated... Read more »

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Openreach supports digital transformations with 100Gbit/s data transport

Ryan Daws — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:31:07 +0000

Openreach has adopted Adtran’s FSP 3000 open optical transport technology to launch the new Optical Spectrum Access 100G Single enterprise service. The solution offers a dedicated fibre link that allows more UK businesses to access point-to-point 100Gbit/s data transport, meeting the surging demand for high-bandwidth services. Simon Williams, Head of Optical Products at Openreach, said:... Read more »

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Telefónica will phase out copper in Spain by 2024

Ryan Daws — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:50:25 +0000

Telefónica has reaffirmed its commitment to transform its fixed infrastructure by completely switching to Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) and closing all its copper exchanges by 2024. The copper switch-off will coincide with the company’s centenary. The move is in line with Telefónica’s strategy to increase the performance and speed of service while reducing energy consumption and its... Read more »

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Remember Google Fiber? It’s just expanded for the first time in four years

Ryan Daws — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:08:30 +0000

Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet, has expanded for the first time in four years. The broadband project from Google made headlines everywhere when it first launched in 2010 – we wrote a few ourselves – but this is what you get if you search for it today: Turns out the project... Read more »

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