Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Virgin Media O2 grows its gigabit network, recruits field engineers; Spain’s La Liga may stream itself; Telefónica combines with STC on cybersecurity.
- Poland’s Nexera has managed to bag a €73 million loan from the EU’s European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) rollout in the more remote, less densely populated regions of the country. Around 530,000 households and 1,400 schools will be connected through the project. Nexera will also benefit from national and EU public subsidies, awarded to it following the ‘Digital Poland’ contest for the provision of co-financing for the design, construction and operation of FTTH networks in Poland. Nexera is majority owned by the infrastructure fund Infracapital. The EIB loan is part of a wider financing effort totaling around €227 million.
- UK converged operator Virgin Media O2 has flicked the switch for another 1.5 million homes to be added to its gigabit network, bringing average speeds of 1,130 Mbps to the likes of Bournemouth, Sunderland and York, amongst…
