Following last year’s successful lab tests, Nokia has brought their future 100G PON (Passive Optical Network) technology to be showcased at the “Fiber Connect” event in Nashville (USA). The new kit is capable of delivering full fibre 100Gbps speeds in downstream on a single PON wavelength in a real-world environment. The technology we’re talking about […]
Openreach Hint UK FTTC Broadband Installs Starting to Shrink
Openreach (BT) has hinted that, for the first time, new installations of their hybrid Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) broadband ISP lines may soon start to shrink, which would partly reflect the rising coverage of gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology. The last official BT Group results to the end of March 2022 noted that Openreach had covered […]
Lit Fibre Adds 6 New UK Towns to Full Fibre Broadband Rollout
Alternative network ISP Lit Fibre, which is building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 homes by 2026, has today added six new UK towns to their rollout plan. The move brings the total number of homes in towns under deployment to over 200,000 – just 9 months after their first build. […]
Government Unveil UK Digital Strategy – Talks 99% Gigabit Coverage
The UK Government has published their ‘Digital Strategy’, which reflects a “new plan” to grow the “digital economy” (i.e. addressing tech sector skills, investment and infrastructure). But in terms of mobile and broadband infrastructure, it’s largely another re-announcement of existing schemes (not unlike the ‘Levelling Up‘ plan). As usual, there are the usual sound bites, […]
New telecoms law mandates 100Mbps internet for all Spaniards
Spain has definitively approved updates to its General Law on Telecommunications, finally bringing it in line with the requirements of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC), over a year and a half after the 2021 deadline.
To recap, the EECC, agreed back in 2018, called on all EU nations to codify into law various measures that would create a singular regulatory framework and provide better protection for internet users throughout Europe…
Vodafone Claims to be UK’s Largest Full Fibre Broadband ISP
Vodafone today claims to have “overtaken” BT to become the UK’s “largest full fibre broadband provider” via their Gigafast Broadband plans, but they aren’t referring to customer figures (1 million). Instead, this reflects the fact that they now sell gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) plans via both Openreach and CityFibre. The operator has actually been selling FTTP […]
Startup Stories: visualising and understanding mobile coverage
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Streetwave offers clients the ability to understand the coverage and quality of the mobile networks they depend on both professionally and personally.
The Company’s software enables our customers to see coverage insights along nearly every road on a highly granular metre by metre basis. It also identifies how the networks change on a weekly basis in the areas they are interested in.
This coverage data is visualised on a GIS to easily see how the networks perform along different buildings, streets and communities. Streetwave has purposefully made the data easy to understand and take action with, for those with no telecoms experience. The Company’s web application allows users to answer simple questions including ‘can I make a phone call?’ or ‘can I stream a HD video?’. Alternatively, customers can dive into further detail with metrics including download speeds or RSRP if they feel comfortable…
Essex UK Set Digital Strategy to Boost Gigabit Broadband and 5G
The Essex County Council in England has published a new Digital Strategy document, which among other things sets out their plans to ensure that – come 2025 – “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) will cover “all premises“, while “gigabit-capable broadband” should reach 85% and 4G becomes available to 99% (geographic). As you might expect from such a […]
Full Fibre UK ISP KCOM Appoint New Chairman and Non-Exec Director
Hull-based ISP KCOM, which has so far covered 300,000 premises across North / East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (England) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has today appointed Johan Dennelind as Chairman of its Board of Directors and Fiona Goldsmith as a Non-Executive Director. The decision to appoint Johan, who replaces Nathan Luckey in the […]
Voneus Add 4 East Devon UK Villages to FTTP Broadband Rollout
Macquarie Capital backed UK ISP Voneus, which holds a “near term” plan to cover 100,000 homes in rural areas (here) with their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, has revealed that they’ll soon start building across the villages of Payhembury, Whimple, Talaton, and Clyst Hydon in East Devon (England). The build itself is expected to begin within […]