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The Swiss government has initiated consultation lasting until 23 June 2025 on a programme to expand high-speed internet throughout Switzerland.

Giant Indian telco Bharti Airtel has chosen Nokia and chipmaker Qualcomm for a program to develop 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Wi-Fi 6 solutions for high-speed internet access to underserved areas across India.

A $750 million program from Australian Government-owned broadband network provider NBN Co to deliver faster and more reliable broadband to regional and remote Australia has been completed.

The Nigerian Ministry of Communications has launched an initiative called the National Broadband Alliance for Nigeria (NBAN), targeted at boosting broadband development in Africa's most populous country.

Swedish fibre-based broadband operator GlobalConnect has joined a consortium of five Nordic organisations planning to build a fibre cable linking Northern Europe, East Asia and the US via the Arctic.

Australian tech investment group Macquarie Capital has agreed to invest A$80 million into Brazilian fixed broadband operator Brazil TecPar to expand its optical fibre network.

Australian government owned fibre network wholesaler NBN Co will upgrade the remaining FTTN (fibre to the node) network across Australia, using A$800 million of its own funds plus a commitment of up to A$3 billion from the government.

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has won a deal with BT-owned network provider Openreach to build, an open-access fibre network called One Network to service millions of homes and businesses throughout the UK.

15 remote First Nations communities in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland are the first of 23 to benefit from the expansion of Australian broadband wholesaler NBN Co's community-wide Wi-Fi program.

Chinese telecoms equipment vendor Huawei and Saudi telco Zain KSA have conducted a Proof of Concept (PoC) test on Huawei's Superlink microwave solution, which Huawei claims achieved groundbreaking results.

COMPANY NEWS:  Prvidr, a leading Customer Lifecycle Management Platform for the subscription economy, today announced it has signed a new three-year contract with telecoms operator, Yomojo, underlying both companies’ commitment to providing robust consumer and business mobile, broadband and voice products using Prvidr’s advanced technology.

Broadband network wholesaler NBN Co, says it continues to grow its Western Sydney footprint by winning the contract with Cameron Brae Group to deliver full fibre to 2,100 premises at the new Birling residential community development, on The Northern Road in the South-West Sydney Growth Precinct.

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia has won a deal with South African FTTH provider Fibertime to deploy its fibre solution to underserved regions of South Africa.

Australia's broadband network wholesaler NBN Co has conducted a live field trial over its Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) network, in which it demonstrated multi-gigabit download speeds.

Some consumers on NBN Co’s Fixed Wireless Plus plan have experienced a significant improvement to their broadband speeds in the past six months following recent speed changes introduced by NBN Co, the ACCC’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report has found.

Broadband operator NBN Co generated total revenue of $5.5 billion in FY24, an increase of 4 per cent year-on-year, and Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA)1 of $3.93 billion -a 9 per cent improvement on FY23.

More homes and businesses in regional Australia can now access higher nbn network speeds on their nbn fixed wireless connection as nationwide upgrades enable faster speeds across the network during busy periods - and the introduction of the “fastest wholesale speeds ever offered” on the nbn Fixed Wireless network.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, has approved NBN Co’s proposed Accounting Procedures with “reasonable changes”.

• Nokia, Chorus and 2Degrees announce a pilot 25G PON project, and connect the first customer using existing fiber network assets.
• New Zealand’s Cherry Corp is the first customer in the country to harness the power of 25G PON.The pilot demonstrates the power of fiber to revolutionize business
• practices, enhancing productivity whilst reducing costs and energy consumption.

Finnish telco vendor Nokia has announced that Chorus, New Zealand's largest open-access internet infrastructure company, and 2Degrees, the country’s leading retail service provider, have activated its 25G PON solution in a live commercial network.

Around 13,000 new homes in Sydney’s south-west can “look forward to nbn’s fastest residential speeds” with a major fibre rollout following a multi-million-dollar partnership between Walker Corporation and NBN Co.