Alternative network UK ISP Truespeed, which is supported by £75m from Aviva Investors and has been busy building their own 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across Somerset, have today replaced their long serving CEO, Evan Wienburg, with James Lowther. The provider has already extended their FTTP network to 200 rural communities (mostly in Somerset) […]
Samsung reshuffle sees consumer and mobile units merge
Samsung has not been shy when it comes to organisational restructure over the past decade.
Back back in 2017, then CEO Kwon Oh-hyun resigned, citing an “unprecedented crisis” facing the company. At the time, the company was performing fairly well financially, hence the crisis Kwon is referring to is almost certainly the imprisonment of Samsung chairman Lee Jae…
Survey Claims 834k UK Homes Switched ISP for the First Time in 2021
A new Censuswide survey of 2,163 UK adults, which was commissioned by broadband ISP Zen Internet, has found that the proportion of households that have never switched ISP is down to just 18% from 21% year-on-year. This, they claim, reveals that 834k households (3%) switched for the first time in the last 12-months. However, despite […]
Glide Bring 10Gbps Fibre to Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Birmingham
Business and residential ISP Glide Group, which is currently extending their full fibre broadband network across more of the UK (leased lines and FTTP etc.), has today announced that they’ll upgrade their existing “fibre infrastructure” in Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Birmingham to support symmetric 10Gbps speeds with low latency. By the sounds of it, this […]
Gigaclear Invest GBP13m to Bring 1Gb Broadband to Dorset UK
Alternative network ISP Gigaclear has announced that they’re investing £13m to begin an expansion of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into rural parts of Dorset (Southern England), which is expected to reach over 18,000 premises (mostly homes and some businesses) across the region. At present Gigaclear’s network already claims to cover over 240,000 premises […]
Virgin Media O2 Completes UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout
Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today switched-on their last batch of DOCSIS 3.1 network upgrades, which has put an additional 1.1 million homes within reach of “gigabit” download speeds (1130Mbps down and 52Mbps up) and means that c.65% of UK premises should now be covered by “gigabit-capable broadband.” Sadly, the final batch of locations […]
Mitto founder accused of selling mobile location data to surveillance companies
According to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, ex-employees are accusing Mitto co-founder, Ilja Gorelik, of selling private mobile location data to surveillance companies.
Mitto is a Swiss company employed by the likes of Google and Twitter to send automated text messages to customers, typically for sales promotions or for security purposes…
Vodafone–Orange: A merger that never was
According to anonymous sources speaking to French news channel BFM TV, Orange and Vodafone were considering a merger of equals towards the end of 2020 and the start of 2021.
This move would have had huge ramifications for telecoms markets all over the world. It would have created Europe’s largest operator, with revenues of around €85 billion, as well as having major implications for Africa, where both operators compete in numerous markets…
ISP Gigabit Networks Goes Live for Homes in Derby on CityFibre
Leicester-based UK ISP Gigabit Networks, which previously only seemed to focus on business connectivity across the Midlands, has now launched into the residential market by hopping on to CityFibre’s new £45m gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the city of Derby (Derbyshire, England). CityFibre’s network in the city actually started going live on several other ISPs […]
Malaysia’s national 5G network to offer telcos access for free
Rolling out 5G infrastructure is expensive and time consuming, with operators around the world struggling to free up capital for their network expansion.
Malaysia’s approach to this issue, however, has been somewhat unique.
Back in February this year, the Malaysian government announced the creation of DNB, a special purpose vehicle created to rollout 5G infrastructure around the country…