Chile has now officially inaugurated the Prat submarine cable, a move which it hopes will help further develop the country as a regional connectivity hub.
The cable spans around 3,500km down the west coast of Chile from Arica, at the company’s most north-westerly point, down to Puerto Montt in the south.
First announced three years ago, the Prat system was designed to deliver 4 Tbps connections to 12 cities along the coast…
Broadband ISP TalkTalk See Rising Internet Use Among Pensioners
Internet provider TalkTalk has today published the latest volume (4) of their UK “Internet Insights” report, which this time around focuses upon the impact of “silver surfers” and reveals that broadband usage among pensioners has grown by 69% from pre-pandemic levels (driven by increased streaming and online gaming). The data shows that internet usage among […]
Equinix starts African expansion with MainOne purchase
Yesterday, US colocation data centre specialist Equinix announced its intentions to purchase Nigeria-based digital real estate company MainOne in a deal worth around $320 million.
The deal represents Equinix’s first expansion into Africa, with the company hailing the move as the start of a wider push into the continent.
“With more than 200 million people…
iD Mobile Bundles Currys Gift Cards with UK SIM Only Plans
Mobile operator iD Mobile (Dixons Carphone) has started bundling a Currys Gift Card alongside some of their SIM Only 4G and 5G mobile plans on 12-month and 24-month terms, which range in value from £25 to £50. For example, iD’s £16 per month unlimited data (mobile broadband), calls and texts plan gets a £50 card […]
All Public 2G and 3G UK Mobile Services Switched Off by 2033
The Government has unveiled a new agreement with the four primary mobile network operators, including Vodafone, EE (BT), O2 (VMO2) and Three UK, which among other things will see existing 2G and 3G signals being “phased out” by 2033 (benefitting 4G / 5G services and mobile broadband) and a new target for OpenRAN adoption. The […]
Business UK ISP Onecom Acquires Rival Russell Telecom
Hampshire-based business broadband and cloud provider Onecom, which is backed by a £100m funding package from LDC and Ares Management Corporation (here), has today made their fourth acquisition of the year (after Olive Communications, 9 Group and IP Office) by gobbling Russell Telecom for an undisclosed sum. The CEO of Onecom Group, Martin Flick, said: […]
Mission complete for VMO2 as it finishes national network upgrade
Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that they have completed upgrading their existing network to DOCSIS 3.1 technology, four years ahead of schedule.
The upgrade process has been underway for the last two years, accelerating at an incredible pace. VMO2 announced that they had reached the halfway point (around 7.75 million homes) in their upgrade plans only back in August…
Nokia Demo First UK Trial of 25G PON for 5G Backhaul with CityFibre
Nokia and CityFibre have teamed up in Glasgow (Scotland) to conduct the UK’s first successful demonstration of a trial that used their full fibre 25G PON kit to fuel backhaul capacity for a 5G mobile (mobile broadband) network, which was used for a holographic call between buildings, teleoperation of a robotic arm and 8K video […]
Crosslake goes CrossChannel with new system launch
CrossChannel is a next generation, high-capacity system with 96 fibre pairs supporting over 2,400 Tbps of capacity. The network spans 550km, 149km of which is submarine. The system is the first to be installed between the UK and France in over 20 years…
Meet the Asian telecom superstars! #ACA21
Launched by Total Telecom in 2012 the Asia Communication Awards are the region’s leading platform for recognising innovation and excellence amongst communication service providers, suppliers and other participants based in the Asia region or with product offerings specifically serving the region.
For 2021 we totally reimagined the categories and enhanced the judging panel to ensure these are the only awards you want to win in Asia. This resulted in a record number of entries from more than 50 organisations spread across countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam as well as from South Asia and Oceania…