Cyta launches fibre optic network

By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou

The Cyprus Telecommunications authority (Cyta) on Thursday launched its new fibre optic network and the increase of its mobile network to 1 Gigabit Cyprus, moving closer to ultra high speed broadband networks and a 4.5G mobile network.

Fibre optic is expected to be available from late July 2018. Internet Home will range up to 160Mbps, while Internet Business can reach up to 1Gbps. The service is expected to expand over the next ten years to 200,000 homes.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.