Mobile benchmarking firm RootMetrics has today published a new set of H2 2021 results from their testing of 5G (mobile broadband) networks in the UK cities of Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, London and Manchester. Overall, EE tended to deliver the strongest availability and performance, but not for all cities. The company conducts their studies by […]
Rival Fibre ISPs Gigaclear and Swish Fibre Both Go Live in Thame
Smaller UK alternative network ISPs are increasingly starting to butt heads in some of the same areas. The latest example comes from the small market town of Thame in Oxfordshire (England), where Swish Fibre and Gigaclear have both started to go live with a new full fibre broadband network, within days of each other. Both […]
B4RN Celebrates 10 Years of Bringing FTTP Broadband to Rural Areas
Community ISP B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North), which are deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across rural premises in England, has today marked the 10th anniversary of their share launch. The network currently covers around 20,000 premises and has connected 9,000 of those. B4RN is somewhat of a rarity in the UK ISP […]
EE scaling up 4G upgrades for Shared Rural Network
The Shared Rural Network (SRN) project was first announced by the government back in March 2020, aiming to improve geographic coverage of 4G in the UK to 95% by the end of 2025. The £1 billion project involves joint investment from both government and industry, who have both pledged to invest £500 million to help work towards the goal.
In addition to building new infrastructure and upgrading older technologies…
Q3 2021 Update on BT FTTP Broadband Rollout Progress in Wales
The Welsh Government has issued a Q3 2021 progress update on their £52.5m Phase 2 Superfast Cymru contract with BT (Openreach), which confirms that 24,515 premises (up from 20,490 in Q2) have now gained access to the operator’s 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. Just to recap. The related contract consists of two stages, the original £22.5m […]
Rural Full Fibre ISP Gigaclear Celebrates 250,000 UK Premises
Alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which currently aims to reach 500,000 UK premises with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network by the end of 2023, has today celebrated being able to close out the year with a total footprint of 250,000 premises passed across England. The provider, which is being backed by Infracapital and last year […]
Startup Stories: How AI and machine learning can lower operator CAPEX and OPEX
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The company is currently exploring collaboration opportunities with early adopters of our technology in the telecom space worldwide.
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Scottish ISP Fibrecast Hops on CityFibre’s Network in Dundee
Scotland ISP Fibrecast, which has previously deployed their own ultrafast wireless and fibre broadband network around the City Quay area of Dundee and the Airport business park, has today announced that they’ll also be selling services to homes over CityFibre’s new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the city. CityFibre and local contractor GCU UK Limited […]
Asia Communication Award Winners 2021
Celebrating a decade since its initial launch back in 2011, this year’s ACAs saw the competition continue to go from strength to strength, drawing forth innovation and excellence from all corners of the Asian telecoms market. With over 125 entrants from dozens of countries, this year’s competition was the largest yet, with companies big and small vying to impress the panel of expert judges.
In total, 23 Awards were up for grabs this year…
Vodafone to auction world's first text as NFT for charity
Vodafone will auction a NFT of the world’s first ever SMS text message – which read ‘Merry Christmas’, and was sent on the Vodafone network in December 1992. Through the auction, Vodafone will be raising money for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.
Vodafone is combining a world first innovation from nearly thirty years ago…