Europe
Europe Outpaces U.S. in Fiber Deployment, Industry Leaders Say
Europe has outpaced the United States in fiber broadband deployment through innovative wholesale models and municipal partnerships
EU
CEO Greg Mesch Recounts How CityFibre, UK’s Third Major Telecom Provider, Grew With Wholesale Network
In the United Kingdom a network utilizing a wholesale model, CityFibre Networks, is taking the country by storm.
Infrastructure
Digital Infrastructure Investment: Preview Video
The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated just how dependent we are, as a world, upon high-quality broadband. Broadband networks are a lifeline — for working, for education, for telemedicine, for dance recitals, for conversations in the public square and simple human connectedness. We can’t solve al
EU
U.S. Should Follow UK in Open Access Infrastructure Investment, Say Broadband Breakfast Panelists
June 10, 2020 — The U.S. should follow the European example of investing in wholesale open access infrastructure models, said panelists at a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event Wednesday. One company that has found success using a purely wholesale model is the U.K.’s CityFibre. “We chose a model t
EU
Goldman Sachs-Based Consortium to Acquire U.K.-Based CityFibre, Pioneer of the Wholesale Open Access Broadband
BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: We’ve been watching the progress of CityFibre closely because of what it is demonstrating on the other side of the pond: The future of broadband is in wholesale. Separating infrastructure from services provides significant advantages in being able to raise capital. This
