Full Fibre network builder Netomnia – supported by broadband ISP partner YouFibre – has today added a second “major city” (after Liverpool) to their UK rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP / XGS-PON) network, which will see them invest £36m to cover 120,000 premises in Oxford (England). The move represents another significant development for […]
17 Public Sites in Greater Manchester Get Free Fibre Broadband Until 2025
The £23.8m deployment by Virgin Media Business (VMO2) of a new 2,700km long “full fibre” network in Greater Manchester, which is designed to connect over 1,500 public sector sites, has also resulted in 17 public sites – including homeless shelters, charities and community centres – benefiting from free fibre broadband until 2025. Just to recap. […]
ISP Hyperoptic Discounts 900Mbps UK Full Fibre Plan to £30
City-focused gigabit broadband ISP Hyperoptic, which is deploying a new “full fibre” (FTTP/B) network to serve 2 million UK homes by the end of 2023 (900,000 completed), will this morning further discounted the existing offer price on their top 900Mbps (symmetric) package from £35 to £30 per month for new customers. The new discount only […]
Grain Spotted Building FTTP Broadband in Weston-Super-Mare
Broadband ISP and UK digital infrastructure builder Grain appears as if it will shortly add the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset (England) to their rollout plan for a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network. The operator is currently building across 43 towns and cities. The provider, which is supported by an equity investment of £75m […]
Virgin Media O2 UK Finally Adds Disney+ to TV 360 Service
Broadband ISP and Pay TV provider Virgin Media (VMO2) has today announced another improvement to their Virgin TV 360 platform by making the long-awaited Disney+ streaming app available on the service for customers. Naturally, you’ll need to be an existing subscriber in order to use the app (£7.99 a month or £79.90 a year). Customers […]
Vodafone and Ericsson launch support service for Hungarian 5G factory
The two partners co-created the Service Continuity for private networks solution, a unique support service for 5G networks that can be tailored to the needs of Vodafone enterprise customers such as Foxconn, one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturer and technology solutions provider.
Foxconn relies on non-fixed 5G-based test cars, on which newly manufactured PCs are tested before packaging at their plant in Hungary…
Singtel pumps $100m into start-up investment arm Innov8
Today, Singtel Group has announced that it will invest a further $100 million into Innov8, its investment arm focussed on telecoms-adjacent technologies.
The company targets start-up companies working on both established and emerging technologies that have major potential for the telecoms industry…
European countries clash over potential Big Tech tax to pay for networks
To tax or not to tax? That is the question that has been under discussion behind closed doors by the European Commission since May, when the regulators said they were considering forcing Big Tech companies to contribute financially to telecoms network rollout costs.
At the time, a recent report from the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) had found that the six largest content providers accounted for 55% of network traffic in Europe and suggested that an annual contribution of &euro…
European countries clash over Big Tech tax to pay for networks
To tax or not to tax? That is the question that has been under discussion behind closed doors by the European Commission since May, when the regulators said they were considering forcing Big Tech companies to contribute financially to telecoms network rollout costs.
At the time, a recent report from the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) had found that the six largest content providers accounted for 55% of network traffic in Europe and suggested that an annual contribution of &euro…
Reliance Jio the big winner in India’s $19bn 5G auction
India has concluded its long-delayed 5G auction, raising almost $19 million in what proved to be a much more competitive process than anticipated.
The seminal 5G auction made spectrum in a huge array of spectrum bands – 600MHz, 700MHz, 800MHz, 900MHz, 1.8GHz, 2.1GHz, 2.3GHz, 3.3GHz, and 26GHz – available to the operators for the first time.
The Indian operators have been trialling the new technology for the past year, with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) all suggesting they would look to launch 5G services in 2022 as soon as the auction has concluded.
For a long time, however, the extent to which the Indian operators would want to compete in the 5G auction was unclear…