(Telecompaper) Glasfaser Nordwest, the FTTH joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and Ewe, announced plans to connect a further 5,000 companies and households in the town of Norden, in Lower Saxony… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/glasfaser-nordwest-expands-ftth-coverage-in-norden–1417252

(Telecompaper) Spanish regional operator Euskaltel, acquired last year by Masmovil, has announced the activation of a fibre-to-the-home service in the town of Barakaldo, near Bilbao… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/euskaltel-begins-offering-10-gbps-ftth-in-barakaldo–1417250

(Telecompaper) Satellite operator Hughes has received the go-ahead from Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) for the expansion of its “LTE Comunitario” pilot project, reports Telesintese… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/hughes-expands-lte-community-project-in-brazil–1417225

(Telecompaper) New research from Uswitch.com shows that 7 million UK broadband customers are overpaying GBP 1 billion a year for being out of contract, at an… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/uk-broadband-users-overpaying-by-gbp-1-billion-a-year-uswitch–1417203

(Telecompaper) Spanish regional operator Euskaltel, now owned by Masmovil, has announced the activation of a fibre-to-the-home service in the town of Agurain in the Basque Country… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/euskaltel-extends-10-gbps-ftth-to-agurain–1417168

(Telecompaper) EllaLink, an optical submarine cable linking Europe and South America, entered a partnership with De-Cix whereby De-Cix will provide access to the… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ellalink-de-cix-enter-partnership-in-southern-europe–1417083

(Telecompaper) The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) has launched its Optical Telecom Installation Certification (OpTIC) programme, with the pilot course set to… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fiber-broadband-association-launches-pilot-to-advance-technician-skills-for-fibre-deployments–1417066

(Telecompaper) Vodafone said it will offer the WarnerMedia streaming platform HBO Max to Vodafone TV customers in Portugal, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/vodafone-adds-hbo-max-to-tv-service-in-four-european-markets–1417065

(Telecompaper) Broadpeak announced that Austrian operator Magenta Telekom, part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, is using a Cloud PVR platform from Broadpeak to deliver its new streaming service Magenta TV… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/magenta-telekom-picks-broadpeak-for-new-nationwide-tv-service–1417055

(Telecompaper) Canadian Minister of Rural Economic Development Gudie Hutchings and British Columbia’s Minister of Citizens’ Services Lisa Beare have announced a… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/british-columbia-stands-to-receive-rural-broadband-funding-of-up-to-cad-830-mln–1417052