BACK in September, I wrote about the impending ‘Copper Switch Off’ – that is, the plans to shut down the entire copper broadband and telephone line network across the UK in favour of fibre. It’s the ...

With Telstra's legacy copper network set to switch off in 15 regions around Australia, the ACCC has moved to reassure residents in these areas that there are protections in place to maintain telco ...

A 90-year old Melbournian woman -- living alone and reliant on an emergency alert bracelet -- was left without a home phone last month. Where responsibility lies regarding the lack of phone services ...

With the 2025 deadline looming to upgrade its network to digital services over a full-fibre connection, the UK’s leading broadband provider, Openreach, has announced a further 84 new exchange ...

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 94 new exchange locations, covering 959,904 premises across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper ...

The Institute of Directors (IoD) is being quoted as calling for a copper network switch off to force services onto a full fibre network as soon as possible after 2025 and that the Government needs to ...

British business leaders have called for a copper network switch-off date to help drive investment in full fibre network infrastructure A leading British business think tank has reiterated calls for ...

The shift towards full-fibre connectivity in Europe is no longer a question of if but when. Yet, as we look across the continent, the progress in switching off outdated copper networks remains uneven.