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Industry Insight: The Fibre Optic Market Breakdown 🌐 Understanding the fibre optic industry is crucial for staying ahead in technology and innovation. Here's a detailed breakdown of key products and service lines within the fibre optic market: Fibre Optic Industry Breakdown: 📊 Single-Mode Optical Cable: Dominates the market with almost 70% share. Ideal for long-distance communication, offering high bandwidth and low signal loss. 📊 Multi-Mode Optical Cable: Represents nearly 20% of the market. Perfect for shorter distances, providing high-speed data transmission for local networks. 📊 Plastic Optical Cable: Covers almost 10% of the market. Best suited for consumer electronics and short-range applications, offering flexibility and cost-effectiveness. #Altimex #FibreOpticCables #TechInnovation #OpticalCable #UKManufacturing

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Another big win for ambient IoT, specifically by Wiliot If you want to know a bit more the concept, check the Transforma Insights report from earlier this year here: https://lnkd.in/echxt6xp

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SHAKING UP UK BROADBAND: NETOMNIA AND BRSK’S GAME-CHANGING DEAL Big news in the UK broadband world: Netomnia and Brsk are joining forces in what's being called the biggest merger yet among alternative network providers. This move is part of the industry's bid to give BT and Virgin Media O2 a run for their money in the full-fibre rollout across the country. The companies struck the deal last week, creating one of the largest "altnets" out there. Investors have been pouring billions into these altnets, hoping to challenge the big players. With the focus shifting from just laying down fibre to actually signing up customers, this kind of consolidation was pretty much expected. Everyone’s looking to get a return on their investment in the digital upgrade. We've seen other big moves recently too. For example, CityFibre announced it was buying Lit Fibre back in March, and Virgin Media O2 agreed to take over Upp in September. In this deal, Brsk will come under Netomnia’s parent company, Substantial Group, but it’ll still run independently with Brsk's CEO, Giorgio Iovino, staying in charge. They’re also creating a new wholesale company to combine their networks and potentially bring other altnets on board. Jeremy Chelot, CEO of Substantial, Netomnia, and their sister company YouFibre, said this merger is a major step towards becoming the UK’s third-largest full-fibre network, aiming to compete with Openreach and Virgin Media O2. Chelot mentioned that the market has been pretty fragmented with many small players, leading to uncertainty. This deal aims to create a more stable competitive environment, and they’re open to further consolidations. Currently, their full-fibre services reach 1.5 million premises with 140,000 customers already connected. They’re planning to use up to £900 million in debt to expand to 3 million premises and around 500,000 customers by the end of 2025. Iovino added that merging will help them break even on earnings a lot sooner and make the group an attractive consolidator in the market. The merger is set to be finalised soon, pending regulatory approval. No job cuts are expected. By the end of 2023, altnets collectively reached 12.9 million premises and had 2 million customers. #broadband #consolidation #netomnia #brsk #altnets

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【NAND Contract Prices for Q3 Shows Signs of Loosening, Likely to Persist until Q4】 Contract prices for 3Q24 that have exhibited signs of loosening, alongside the market’s reserved attitude on the future prospect, have prompted a rather large degree of truncation among retail and channel markets. Some module houses are even selling their high-priced client SSD at a loss in order to rid inventory and reduce overall losses. This phenomenon is likely to persist until 4Q24. Spot price of 512Gb TLC wafers dropped by 3.73% this week, arriving at US$2.710. 📷 Related news: https://buff.ly/3xtxMXH 🔗 📷 For more on NAND Price: https://buff.ly/3VLrT2w 🔗

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How resilient is you company’s telecoms solution, our partners over at Cinch Telecoms have the skill and more importantly the drive and the commitment to help SMEs not only be resilient but grow

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Recent breakthroughs, like the record-breaking 22.9 petabits per second data rate, showcase the immense potential of fibre optics. Read our latest article to learn more about how full fibre broadband is redefining what's possible and why businesses need to get ready now. https://lnkd.in/gAPTsrFN #weareorro #nbn #fullfibre

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With the ISDN & PSTN switch-off looming, businesses must chart a new course for their communication infrastructure. The good news is that the UK's investment in a robust fibre infrastructure has paved the way for advanced IP-based solutions like VoIP and SIP. In our latest blog, we delve into the reasons why Vector Communications strongly recommends VoIP for most businesses. It's all about cloud-based efficiency and maintaining a steady internet connection instead of relying solely on your fibre network. Ready to make the switch? Read the full article to understand why VoIP is the way forward. https://lnkd.in/eB2q5rfj

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We’re pleased to announce that CityFibre's national network is now available to quote and order through LIVEQUOTE. This expansion offers customers more flexibility, increased competitiveness and potentially shorter lead times. For more details on how this benefits your business, check out our latest press release here: https://hubs.la/Q02-jQQk0 #CityFibre #NetworkExpansion #Telecoms #BusinessConnectivity

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Introducing the FRECAP2 Closure with MAX Fibre Management — the product that will revolutionise your network infrastructure. NEW! Meeting the rising need for high #fiber density, ease-of-use, and resilience in harsh #environments, the revolutionary FRECAP 2 Closure redefines the industry. It innovates #cable sealing, each segment handled individually - a lever press compresses and locks cables, virtually eliminating #errors and simplifying the process. It also allows adding new fiber #connections, while keeping current sealing protected and functional. More than an #enclosure, it's a #technology leap: https://lnkd.in/dhsCpG76 Corning Optical Communications #revolutionary #network #infrastructure #sealing #optic

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A welcome discussion of new spectrum to fill in the short distance gaps in coverage in open spaces, because more and more mobile coverage is failing in towns due to contention (full signal shown, no data can be transferred).

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Massive investment in network roll out and a build it and they will come approach could describe the #fibre broadband market in the last two years. We’ve been here before, as this is what happened in the 1990s with GSM (aka 2G), in the 2000s with 3G and in the 2010s with 4G.… Read the full article by Timo Sytela and Martin Morgan from Qvantel below: #fibernetwork #altnet #cloudnative #mobileapps #mvno #mobileservices

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In this article meet the Sona Business founders and our aims for the UK Channel Partner Network Technology Reseller Magazine & Website

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