Throughout much of the telecoms world, there is a major debate surrounding the shift to public or private cloud. Those that choose to pursue the public cloud typically then have a choice between the three major cloud players – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud – with other players like Oracle…
Full Fibre UK ISP Hyperoptic Pilot Low Bandwidth Smart Home Service
City-focused broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which has deployed gigabit-capable FTTP/B networks across parts of 43 UK towns and cities (e.g. large residential buildings / MDUs), has today launched a new “low-bandwidth” Proof of Concept (PoC) pilot to help connect “smart home equipment“. But homeowners won’t be able to harness the extra line. Under the partnership with […]
Virgin Media O2 Update on Rural UK 4G and 5G Progress in 2021
Mobile operator O2 (VMO2) has today informed us that they’ve upgraded 2,876 locations in small towns and hamlets with 4G this year, and increased 4G network capacity in 178,500 postcodes across the UK. The network provider has also rolled out 5G in a total of 53 smaller towns and hamlets, in addition to urban areas. […]
Telefónica Global Solutions signs up Intelsat to help support 4G in rural Germany
Telefónica Germany is now using the Intelsat CellBackhaul managed service through Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) to bring 4G LTE mobile coverage rapidly, cost-efficiently, and reliably to customers in some of its most rural coverage areas.
Telefónica Germany is always working to strengthen and expand its national network coverage…
Lit Fibre Bring 1Gbps Broadband to Clacton and Frinton on Sea
Full fibre ISP Lit Fibre, which is currently deploying a 10Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to reach 500,000 UK homes by 2026, has named the neighbouring seaside towns of Clacton-on-Sea and Frinton-on-Sea in Essex (England) as the next ones to benefit from their rollout. The provider has already announced a number of towns for their […]
Full Fibre ISP BrawBand in Scotland Launch Pay TV Service
Inverness-based broadband ISP BrawBand (HighNet), which currently sells home broadband services over CityFibre’s new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in locations such as Inverness, Glasgow and Renfrewshire, has today launched a new pay TV service via Netgem’s platform. Netgem has already been widely adopted by a growing number of ISPs, particularly smaller alternative networks and TalkTalk. […]
Gigaclear Get GBP190m Boost for Rural UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Infracapital-backed alternative network ISP Gigaclear, which recently passed 250,000 premises in rural parts of England with their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today secured another huge £190 million investment boost – this time co-financed by the new UK Infrastructure Bank. The provider, which last year secured £525 million worth of debt financing to help […]
Telefonica Germany signs up Intelsat to help support 4G in rural areas
Telefónica Germany is now using the Intelsat CellBackhaul managed service through Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS) to bring 4G LTE mobile coverage rapidly, cost-efficiently, and reliably to customers in some of its most rural coverage areas.
Telefónica Germany is always working to strengthen and expand its national network coverage…
Orange installs private 4G/5G network at Polish Nokia factory
Today, Orange Poland has announced that it has been selected as the partner in the creation of a private 4G and 5G network at Nokia’s factory and R&D facility at Bydgoszcz.
The network will cover the entire 13,000 square metre facility, providing the location’s 6,000 employees with access to faster, more reliable communications…
OTE ups FTTP target to 3m by 2027
In a meeting between officials from OTE and Deutsche Telekom with the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis earlier this week, the Greek incumbent operator OTE said it is ready to greatly increase its investment in FTTH until 2027.
The company says it will invest over €3 billion in the fibre rollout over the upcoming five years…