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FTTH Council Newsroom

Welcome to the FTTH Council’s online newsroom. Here you will find links to our latest and archived news releases, as well as to news announcements from our members and to FTTH industry news items.

For Journalists: Download a copy of the latest edition of the FTTH Council Media Guide. This guide provides basic information on fiber to the home and a background on the FTTH Council’s roster of experts, knowledgeable industry veterans who are available to be interviewed on various topics related to FTTH – technology, business, deployment or legislative/regulatory.

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Industry News

FCC to Propose Higher Broadband Speeds

Posted: 3 weeks 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government wants to set minimum home Internet speeds to make the United States the world's largest market of high-speed Internet users, the Federal Communications Commission's chairman said on Tuesday. Read more...

Google announces experimental FTTH network plans

Posted: 4 weeks 5 hours ago

FEBRUARY 10, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Google has announced plans to build and test open access fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in “a small number” of trial locations across the United States. The company has issued an RFI seeking...

Michigan PSC reports steady growth in video service competition

Posted: 5 weeks 1 day ago

There are "encouraging signs" that competition in the video services market is increasing, said the PSC in its third annual Status of Competition for Video Services in Michigan report. Michigan has seen a two percent growth in the number...

BVU Chief: Broadband Plan is a Roadmap to Success

Posted: 5 weeks 2 days ago

Op-ed piece in the Roanoke Times by Wes Rosenbalm, CEO and president of Bristol Virginia Utilities, and FTTH Council member and the first public utility in the United States to deploy a fiber-to-the-premises network offering cable, phone and data...

Fiber dominates latest US rural broadband stimulus funds release

Posted: 6 weeks 2 days ago

JANUARY 25, 2010 -- Fiber-optic technology proved popular once again in the latest round of U.S. rural broadband stimulus funding. At least nine of the 14 projects announced today will use fiber for middle-mile or last-mile networks. Read more...

Member News

Clearfield Introduces New WDM Packaging to Telecom Market

Posted: 2 days 1 hour ago

Application-specific packaging options now available for convenient, cost-effective delivery of optical component technology to remote locations.

Enablence Keeps South Texas at the Forefront of Rural Broadband

Posted: 1 week 3 days ago

OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - March 1, 2010) - Enablence Technologies Inc. ("Enablence" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ENA), a leading supplier of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) equipment for triple-play residential and business...

Clearfield Announces Clearview xPAK

Posted: 1 week 6 days ago

MINNEAPOLIS (February 25, 2010) — Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) announced its latest innovation in fiber management, the Clearview xPAK Cassette.

Cameron Communications Awarded Broadband Stimulus

Posted: 2 weeks 6 days ago

Funds for Fiber to the Home Build-Out. Sulphur, Louisiana - Cameron Communications (LBH, LLC), has been awarded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds in the amount of $16.8M in grant money and $16.8M in loan money for construction of a state...

Enablence Supports FTTx Network for Business in Honduras

Posted: 4 weeks 4 hours ago

OTTAWA, CANADA--(Marketwire - Feb. 11, 2010) - – Enablence Technologies Inc.

Council News

New Study: Huge Job Gains with Modest Fed Investment in Superfast Broadband

Posted: 1 week 23 hours ago

Would Create 200,000 Additional Jobs Annually Through 2015

G-20 need to speed up on Fiber to the Home

Posted: 1 week 6 days ago

While Fiber to the Home deployments continue to grow worldwide in many economies, the G-20 states lag behind. Just seven of them made it into the latest FTTH/B Ranking of the Global FTTH Councils.

Raleigh FTTH Workshop to Provide First Look at FCC's National Broadband Plan

Posted: 3 weeks 6 days ago

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a national organization dedicated to expanding the deployment of high speed all-fiber networks, will convene a workshop in Raleigh, NC on March 24 to discuss the Federal Communications...

FTTP is the Solution of Choice in Latest USDA Broadband Stimulus Awards

Posted: 6 weeks 1 day ago

WASHINGTON - The vast majority of the federal government's latest broadband stimulus grants are aimed at bringing direct fiber connections to rural communities, according to the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council, a non-profit group that promotes next...

TIA and FTTH Council Urge FCC to Deny Petition to Undo Unbundling Rules

Posted: 6 weeks 5 days ago

(WASHINGTON) - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading trade association for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, and the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) Council today jointly filed comments with the Federal...

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