Back in May, IslaLink announced the creation of the IONIAN submarine cable system, set to link Crotone, Italy, with Preveza in Greece. The cable, which will span around 320km across the Ionian Sea, is due to come into service in Q4 2022.
At the time, IslaLink CEO Esther Garcé…
India’s satellite players could face spectrum auction
The Indian DoT has made the highly decision to auction spectrum for satellite broadband companies, eschewing the near universal convention of allocating the spectrum directly.
In most markets around the world, satellite players are directly allocated operating spectrum by the relevant regulatory bodies, with the satellite players paying licence fees accordingly…
Ofcom UK Seeks Views on Using Terahertz Bands for Broadband
Ofcom has today opened a new consultation that seeks feedback on how to maximise the long-term value of Terahertz spectrum, which is expected to play a role in future wireless broadband and mobile broadband (6G) technologies and could deliver speeds of 1 Terabits per second (Tbps) or 1000Gbps (Gigabits). At present, the regulator states that […]
Netomnia UK Expands Gigabit Broadband Rollout into Wales
Network builder Netomnia, which aims to deploy their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023 (here), has today announced that they’ve expanded their rollout from England and begun to enter their first location in Wales. At present the network has already covered […]
Freedom Fibre Add 4 Towns to FTTP Broadband Rollout in England
Alternative network operator Freedom Fibre, which was recently acquired by UK ISP TalkTalk (here) and is busy building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes in semi-rural parts of North England, has just added four new towns across Merseyside, Cheshire and Greater Manchester to their plans. The new network builder, which was first […]
Football Pushes TalkTalk’s UK Internet Traffic to 8.1Tbps Record
Internet traffic across UK broadband ISPs surged last night on the back of several Premier League Football matches, which were heavily streamed online via Amazon’s Prime Video service. As a result, budget internet provider TalkTalk saw record network traffic, which peaked at 8.1Tbps (Terabits per second). The new 8.1Tbps peak occurred at around 9pm last […]
Telenet to begin deploying 5G from next week
Telenet (Base) has announced that it will next week begin its deployment of its 5G network, almost two years after being allocated temporary spectrum by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT).
The deployments will first take place in Leuven…
We built this city on IoT
Think about green cities. People will generally understand what that means – clean air, leafy spaces, with sustainability built-in to create an altogether healthier, more liveable environment for all. In contrast, when we talk about ‘smart cities’, what do we mean?
The definition matters because, to create connected, efficient and intelligent cities, we need to establish what they are and set out a compelling vision so everyone can align activity and effort behind it.
In the UK, we do not have the advantage of some other countries, who can build a new city and network infrastructure from scratch and in a coordinated manner…
Telefonica presses on with staff cuts
Last month, Telefonica announced that it was aiming to cut between 2,000 and 4,000 jobs in the first half of 2022. Now, representatives from the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, the General Union of Workers) has confirmed that voluntary redundancy is set to be offered to any staff member born in or before 1967 and with at least 15 years of employment by the company…
Virgin Media Make Gigabit Speeds Available to 1.2 Million Scottish Homes
UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today confirmed that their entire network of 1.2 million premises in Scotland now have access to gigabit broadband speeds (1130Mbps downloads and 52Mbps up), although this figure includes some areas that have previously already been upgraded to the DOCSIS 3.1 standard. At the last D3.1 rollout update in November […]