In recent years, Malaysia’s journey towards 5G has been bottlenecked due to the highly unorthodox approach taken by the government, eschewing the conventional wisdom of a spectrum auction and instead launching a nationwide 5G wholesaler, DNB.
Even before DNB’s official launch in early 2021, the operators had been lambasting the government for its decision, saying they could roll out 5G themselves far more effectively and efficiently, as well as raising issues of DBN’s high pricing and lack of transparency…
ISP Quickline Open New HQ to Support Ultrafast Broadband Rollout
Alternative network provider Quickline, which runs a mix of Full Fibre (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) based broadband networks across parts of Lincolnshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire in England, has today opened its new headquarters in East Yorkshire. The move is said to signal the start of a “huge expansion” for the company. The operator […]
ISP Aquiss Start UK Summer Sale on FTTP Broadband Packages
Shropshire-based UK ISP Aquiss has today launched a “Summer Sale” promotion across their Openreach based Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband packages for homes, which essentially reduces the first 6 months of service to half price for all orders made before midnight on 31st August 2022. All of their full fibre packages come with an unlimited download allowance, […]
Gov Make it Easier to Verify Eligibility for Cheap Broadband Social Tariffs
The UK Government has moved to encourage wider adoption of cheaper broadband “Social Tariffs” – usually only available to those taking certain state benefits – by launching a new system that makes it easier for Internet Service Providers (ISP) to confirm the eligibility of their customers for such plans. A growing number of internet access […]
Intelsat and OneWeb Team-up to Deliver Fast In-flight Broadband
British-registered OneWeb, which busy building a global constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) based ultrafast low-latency broadband satellites, has agreed to a global distribution partnership agreement with rival satellite services provider Intelsat in order to offer airlines better inflight broadband. OneWeb has already managed to launch 428 of their small c.150kg Low Earth Orbit (LEO) […]
Nigeria nears 85 million broadband subscriptions
Latest figures from the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) report that broadband subscriptions have reached 84,950,984 in July, giving a penetration rate of 44.5%. This represents a considerable rate of growth as broadband penetration was only 40.91% in February 2022 but is still a long from from the goal of achieving 70% penetration by 2025…
Storm Ruby rips through Sunford City in digital twin drama
The National Digital Twin programme, part of Centre for Digital Built Britain, wanted to create an interactive demonstrator tool to help show how connected digital twins can make telecoms, water and energy infrastructure more resilient to flooding due to climate change.
Part of the National Digital Twin’s (NDTp) Climate Resilience Demonstrator (CReDo) project, the demonstrator was needed as a key communication tool to help show that more resilience is needed within existing utility systems and that collaboration and data sharing is the key to success.
Aimed at non-technical and diverse audiences, including the public, industry and government…
CWU Backed UK BT Workers to Strike Again on Aug 30th and 31st
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) has today announced that up to 38,000 of BT and Openreach’s unionised workers, as part of their ongoing pay dispute with the telecoms and broadband provider, will go on a second major national strike this month – this time occurring on Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st August. As we reported […]
BeFibre’s FTTP Broadband Network Goes Live in Ingatestone
Gigabit broadband ISP BeFibre has announced that their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network, which is being rolled out across various parts of England with support from partner Digital Infrastructure, has just gone live for customers in the Essex village of Ingatestone. The operator began their UK deployment last year with a plan to cover 1 million […]
US Broadband News: GRID Broadband Act advances affordable broadband to underserved urban, rural, and tribal communities
Total Telecom are keeping track of the latest news from the USA as billions of dollars pour into developing internet access for all. If you are interested in a more in-depth look at how progress is being made, check out our new Connected America event.
12 August 2022
Cantwell, Capito Propose Broadband Buildout Along America’s Electricity Grid – Press Release
11 August 2022
Village of Sherburne Cuts Fiber Deployment Time from Four Years to End of this Year – OPTICS
The Future Of Broadband Is In The States’ Hands – Forbes
10 August 2022
New York’s MTA announces wireless connectivity plan for entire subway – telecompaper
9 August 2022
America’s Two Biggest Cable Broadband Monopolies Failed To Add Any New Customers Last Quarter …