At this year’s Connected Britian event, Bryan McIver, CEO at Vitruvi, led a compelling panel discussion alongside speakers from Giganet and FibrePeople on the importance of a solid end…
Will collaboration with Stadtwerke unlock the German fibre market?
Compared to many of its neighbours, Germany has been slow to ramp up its fibre deployment, leaving it somewhat behind on the European stage.
Now, however, the tide is changing and, as Backman puts it, the German market is “on the rebound”. Partly driven by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for fibre infrastructure in Germany has surged in the last two years, bringing with it major investment for the national telecoms industry.
“The market is booming right now…
Hispasat partners Eutelsat for Iberian broadband
Today, Hispasat, the satellite unit of Red Eléctrica Group, has announced that is has agreed to buy wholesale capacity on Eutelsat’s increasingly popular Konnect satellite. This deal makes Hispasat the exclusive operator and distributor of Konnect’s broadband capacity in Spain and Portugal.
As part of the deal…
Liquid and Orange strike deal for mutual network access in Africa
This partnership will give Liquid access to Orange’s extensive international network in West Africa, including the new Djoliba network. Likewise, it will give Orange access to Liquid’s pan-African network. As a result, the two organizations will offer end-to-end high-speed connectivity and services across their networks, allowing existing and new customers in over 20 African countries greater access and opportunity to build their businesses.
“We are excited about embarking on this partnership with Orange, becoming a major customer on Djoliba as we continue to grow our existing relationship…
Vodafone Foundation turns DreamLab's attention to climate change
Developed by Vodafone Foundation, DreamLab is a specialist crowdsourcing app that accelerates scientific research by using the combined processing power of dormant smartphones while users charge them. DreamLab-powered research has already contributed to COVID-19 research with Imperial College London and cancer research with the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
With more than 2 million downloads across 17 countries to date, the network of smartphones created by DreamLab is equivalent to a virtual supercomputer capable of processing billions of calculations without collecting or disclosing any users’ data.
In the year when the UN has identified climate change as the single biggest threat facing humans…
Drummers, drinks and deserving winners #WCA21
Last night saw the return of a physical gathering for the 23rd annual World Communication Awards. Hundreds of telecom executives gathered in London to see the industries most innovative and successful companies and individuals rewarded.
The impressive turnout was presided over by broadcaster, journalist and political commentator Ayesha Hazarika and whilst the pandemic still made it’s presence felt at such a global event, we were delighted to welcome participants from as far afield as Indonesia, Korea and the United States of America.
Winners in nineteen categories were announced, including COLT’s Keri Gilder, picking up the trophy as CEO of the Year from Phil Siveter CEO UK &…
Lithuania prepares for first shot at 5G spectrum
Today, Lithuania moved one step closer to finally launching commercial 5G services, with regulator RRT finalising the auction of spectrum in the 700MHz band.
The auction is set to make 2×10 MHz and two 2×5 MHz blocks of spectrum available in the 713¬…
Nokia and TPG Telecom deploy Asia Pacific’s first live 5G femtocell
Using Nokia’s unique modular 4G/5G Smart Node, the solution allows operators to provide their customers with superior indoor 5G coverage from a dedicated femtocell.
Nokia Smart Node is a dedicated indoor solution providing superior coverage and capacity and can be easily scaled from single to multiple units to meet the customer&rsquo…
Verizon partners Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite project for 5G
Today, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Project Kuiper, an advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced a strategic collaboration to develop connectivity solutions for unserved and underserved communities. As part of the collaboration, Project Kuiper and Verizon have begun to develop technical specifications and define preliminary commercial models for a range of connectivity services for U.S. consumers and global enterprise customers operating in rural and remote locations around the world.
Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3…
5GRuralDorset leads world in 5G satellite backhaul research
Having bagged the top spot in three categories at Connected Britain, the now multi-award-winning project has gone on to demonstrate satellite backhaul from a 5G standalone network – the only known example of this in the world.
Connected through a satellite link back to the Satellite Application Catapult’s core network in Westcott, two sites in Portland now benefit from both satellite and terrestrial connectivity…