Israel’s Bezeq Telecom sees fibre-optics, 5G driving growth

JERUSALEM: Bezeq Israel Telecom said rapid fibre optics and mobile 5G network rollouts would continue to drive growth as home telephone use tails off.

Bezeq currently reaches more than 1.36 million households with its fibre network and as of the end of June had 180,000 customers for its fibre service. It said it had a record number of new subscribers in July.

It aims for 1.5 million homes to have fibre access by year-end and for 2.2 million – 82% of the country – in the coming years.