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BT and Virgin Media spar over rural broadband cash

...it has made billions of pounds of private investment to create a fibre-optic network that acts as a competitive spur to BT. This is... Read more

2 September, 2011 by Ben Woods

Virgin Media sees revenue grow despite cable exodus

...focusing on growth in business data and leveraging our unique asset — a fibre-optic network that passes over half of all UK businesses," he added... Read more

27 July, 2011 by Ben Woods

CityFibre: Bournemouth FTTH scheme back on track

...connectivity for ISPs. "CityFibre is building a next-generation, open-access, passive fibre-optic network," Mesch said. "This 'open access' architecture is also the model... Read more

13 June, 2011 by David Meyer

UK broadband 'too slow' for next-gen online services

...to replace the UK's telecoms infrastructure. Improvements to the UK's fibre-optic network being undertaken by BT are set to bring 40Mbps broadband... Read more

21 October, 2010 by Shelley Portet

i3 responds to Bournemouth sewer fibre cancellation

...in putting commercial demands above "the opportunity to provide a low cost fibre optic network that will deliver superfast broadband to their own customers". "Citing... Read more

13 August, 2010

Photos: Landmark satellite site to explore the cosmos

...telescopes situated 217km apart across the UK that are connected by a fibre optic network. Researchers use e-MERLIN to collect data to shed light... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

KPNQwest loses its grip on data

An Internet performance-monitoring company says KPNQwest's fibre-optic network has been losing track of the data it delivers at... Read more

13 June, 2002 by Ben Charny

Buffett joins Level 3 investors

...and serving up bandwidth to corporations and other network operators over its fibre-optic network. The company, which has spent billions of dollars on a... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Margaret Kane

The Day Ahead: Despite EMC flap, StorageNetworks' IPO set to soar

...to do some homework. The buzz about StorageNetworks revolves around its upcoming fibre optic network that will allow companies to store a "virtually unlimited" amount... Read more

30 June, 2000 by Larry Dignan

KPNQwest splashes out £400m on fibre optic network firm

...403m) for the assets of Global Telesystems (GTS) - including Europe's largest fibre optic network. The merging of the two companies is likely to result... Read more

19 October, 2001 by Will Sturgeon

Kingston invests £75m in national fibre-optic network

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22 May, 2000 by Lisa Burroughes

Transco invests £235m in fibre optic network

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11 May, 2000 by Sonya Rabbitte

Teleglobe implements fibre optic network

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9 June, 1999 by Dominic Maher

Pirelli picks up fibre optic network contract

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2 December, 1998 by Felicity Ussher

KPNQwest collapse shakes European Internet

...bankrupt network company is beginning to lose track of the data its fibre-optic network is supposed to be delivering KPNQwest network granted more timeWed... Read more

11 June, 2002 by Peter Judge

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