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FRK Broadband Congress: German fibre rollout faces harsh reality

September 10, 2025 14.08 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The 28th FRK Broadband Congress opened today in Leipzig with sharp warnings about fibre market realities and calls for stronger customer focus.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Fibre, Finance, Platforms Tagged With: FRK, FRK Broadband Congress, Heinz-Peter Labonte, Henrik Bremer, Latus Consulting, Ralf Berger, Sebastian Krems, Wirtschaftsrat Recht Edited: 12 September 2025 11:08

German broadband congress to focus on fibre rollout inside buildings

August 18, 2025 08.41 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

The German broadband industry will gather in Leipzig next month for the 28th FRK Broadband Congress, with discussions centred on the challenges of extending fibre networks into buildings.

Filed Under: Fibre, FTTH, Newsline, Tech Tagged With: BUGLAS, FRK, FRK Broadband Congress, Ralf Berger, Wolfgang Heer, XGS-PON Edited: 18 August 2025 08:44

Fibre dominant reception means in Portugal

June 16, 2025 12.36 Europe/London By Julian Clover

The growth in pay-TV subscribers in Portugal, apparent since 2006 has been reversed, according to new data from the regulator Anacom.

Filed Under: Cable, Fibre, Newsline, Research Edited: 17 June 2025 13:48

Vodafone speeds up ARD/ZDF on DVB-C during Euro 2024 [UPDATE]

June 13, 2024 06.00 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

Vodafone Deutschland is testing an accelerated TV signal distribution of German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF during the European Football Championship 2024, enabling DVB-C cable households to cheer for goals […]

Filed Under: Cable, Distribution, DTH, Fibre, Newsline, OTT, Satellite, Streaming, Tech, Terrestrial, Testing, TV Tagged With: ARD, Das Erste HD, DVB-C, Euro 2024, Vodafone Deutschland, ZDF, ZDF HD Edited: 14 June 2024 15:45

Stoneroos and Delta Fiber extend co-operation

September 5, 2023 09.28 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

Stoneroos, which is part of NEP The Netherlands, and Delta Fiber have extended their partnership to continue the joint development on Delta Fiber’s TV product roadmap.

Filed Under: Fibre, Newsline Tagged With: Delta Fiber, Netherlands, Stoneroos Edited: 6 September 2023 12:27

willy.tel and wilhelm.tel select IPTV platform from Ocilion

May 17, 2023 10.13 Europe/London By Jörn Krieger

German fibre network operators willy.tel and wilhelm.tel have decided to expand their TV offer with their own IPTV product.

Filed Under: Fibre, FTTH, IPTV, Newsline, Platforms Tagged With: Hans Kühberger, Ocilion, wilhelm.tel, willy.tel Edited: 17 May 2023 10:16

UK home broadband speeds continue to increase

March 17, 2023 12.28 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Data from Ofcom shows the average download speed for home broadband connections in the UK has increased by 10%.

Filed Under: Cable, Editor's Choice, Fibre, Newsline Edited: 20 March 2023 12:56

Liberty Networks Germany begins full fibre construction

August 31, 2022 08.41 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Liberty Networks Germany says the first customers to its new full-fibre network will come on line before the end of the year.

Filed Under: Fibre, Newsline Edited: 2 September 2022 12:33

Virgin Media Ireland adds 450,000 premises in SIRO network deal

August 18, 2022 12.33 Europe/London By Julian Clover

Virgin Media has added another 450,000 to its footprint in Ireland as part of a network deal with fibre company SIRO.

Filed Under: Editor's Choice, Fibre, Newsline Tagged With: SIRO, Virgin Media Ireland Edited: 19 August 2022 12:46

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