4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (153+ words) Nokia announced the successful testing of network tomography, a method of monitoring the health and performance of fibre-optic cables using algorithms and data processing capabilities from Nokia Bell Labs. The trial, described by the Finnish group as a worldwide first,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (158+ words) Dixed broadband connections in Portugal grew by 2.2 percent year-on-year in the second quarter to reach 4.9 million, according to data from regulator Anacom. High-speed connections of 100 Mbps or more dominated the market at 94.2 percent of all connections. Connections offering 1 Gbps or…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (164+ words) SoftBank has completed a field trial in which GPON, XGS-PON and 50G-PON were operated over the same optical fibre using a single optical transceiver, in what it claims is a domestic first in Japan. The trial was conducted on optical…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (165+ words) Malawian ICT minister Shadric Namalomba has officially launched the Kalira Telecommunications Tower in Lilongwe Nyanja as part of the government's Last Mile Rural Connectivity Project to benefit underserved communities and help close the digital divide. Namalomba said that 35 such towers…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (184+ words) Portugal reached 16,142 active 5G base stations by the close of the second quarter of 2026, marking a 2.9 percent quarterly rise and an 11.7 percent year-over-year increase per Anacom figures. Vodafone led the market with 5,627 stations, followed by Nos (4,912), Digi (2,864) and Meo (2,739), with Meo…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (141+ words) Digicel Pacific has appointed Australian broadcast technology company Techtel to design and deliver a new digital television head-end platform for its broadcast and content delivery services in Papua New Guinea. The project will replace Digicel Pacific's existing head-end infrastructure with…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (78+ words) Telecompaper Next-generation networks power 96% of Portugal's fixed-line connections in Q2 Next-generation networks including optical fibre, cable TV and fixed mobile systems accounted for 95.8 percent of all fixed-line telephone connections in the second quarter of 2026 in Portugal, marking a 1.2 percentage point increase…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (123+ words) Uganda and Rwanda have completed the physical interconnection of their national fibre-optic networks at the Mirama Hills border point, establishing the technical foundation for enhanced cross-border broadband, PML Daily reported. The milestone was announced during a meeting of the Northern…...