
French beginning to surrender on ADSL
Three-quarters of French internet now runs on fibre
Optical fibre has taken over the French broadband market, with three out of four internet subscriptions now delivered over fibre connections, according to figures released by telecoms regulator ARCEP.

Huawei crows over China’s FTTR lead
Ultra-connected workforce
Huawei chair Xu Zhijun [pictured] reckons China’s fibre-to-the-room rollout is leaving the rest of the world in the dust.

Greenerwave wins big with French military
Breakthrough antenna tech scores major defence contract
Greenerwave has landed a plum deal with the French Armed Forces, thanks to some rather natty satellite communication wizardry.

No surrender as France doubles down on OneWeb
The French government has decided to lob €717 million into struggling satellite outfit Eutelsat, more than doubling its stake in a bid to prop up OneWeb and stake a bigger claim in the low Earth orbit space race.

UK businesses are choking on rubbish connectivity
AI and 5G dreams fall flat due to flaky networks and red tape
Ericsson’s latest State of Enterprise Connectivity report shows UK firms are still stuck with prehistoric connectivity while fantasising about AI revolutions and 5G wizardry.