Some 300 homes across Scotland’s most westerly mainland point – the Ardnamurchan Peninsula – now have access to superfast broadband speeds of 35 – 100Mbps after local ISP Scotnet, supported by the government’s voucher scheme, deployed a new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network to serve the area. According to the Scottish Government, local premises previously […]
G.Network signs Armed Forces Covenant
Full fibre broadband company G.Network has signed the Armed Forces Covenant, a pledge to recognise the contribution of serving personnel, both regular and reservists, veterans and military families. G.Network is proud to support its staff who have served their country, or continue to serve as reservists.
G.Network has a specific ex-military recruitment and support pathway…
Verizon scores $400m contract with FBI
This week, Verizon’s public sector unit has announced that it has struck a $400 million deal with the FBI, pledging to update the Bureau’s IT technology and wireless networks.
The deal includes the incorporation of Verizon’s Ethernet access capabilities and global Virtual Private Network Services (VPNS) with a 4G LTE and 5G Nationwide cellular fixed wireless access, which they say will give the FBI various benefits…
Government’s Building Digital UK Agency Appoints New Chair
The Government’s Digital Secretary, Nadine Dorries MP, has appointed Simon Blagden CBE to be the new chair of their Building Digital UK (BDUK) executive agency, which has responsibility for delivering faster broadband and mobile networks across the nation (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit scheme and the £1bn Shared Rural Network). The government has been hunting […]
Welsh Government and Openreach Extend FTTP Broadband Rollout
The Welsh Government has issued an easy to miss statement on Digital Connectivity in Wales, which among other things reveals that their £52.5m Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband rollout contract with Openreach (BT) is now expected to cover slightly more premises. But this will push completion back to 31st March 2023. The original contract consisted of two […]
Engineers with Umbrellas Protect UK Broadband Cabinets from Heat
A number of UK network operators appear to be sending out engineers to monitor and work on broadband street cabinets that have been struggling in today’s heat. This includes everything from upgrading vents and fans, to literally sitting outside the cabinet with an umbrella. Sometimes, the simplest solution works best. Reports have come in from […]
Asterion doubles down in Italy with Irideos purchase
This week, Spanish investor Asterion Industrial Partners has announced its latest conquest in Italy, purchasing a 78.4% stake in digital infrastructure specialist Irideos.
The deal, worth an estimated €400 million, will see Asterion combined Irideos’ various digital assets with those of its newly purchased Italian company Retelit…
Full Fibre UK ISP Lit Fibre Picks Comtec as Supply Chain Partner
Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which is being backed by investment from Newlight Partners LP to help build a new gigabit-speed Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to reach 500,000 homes in England by 2026, has today chosen Comtec to be their Strategic Supply Chain Partner for the ongoing rollout. The deal essentially means that the operator has outsourced […]
VMO2 shares the heatwave's impact on UK data traffic
Virgin Media O2 has released its latest network data showing massive spikes in traffic at events and popular coastal resorts as the UK records the hottest day ever. The converged network operator is upgrading the UK’s summer experiences by investing more than ever in keeping customers connected – either with temporary sites at key events or via upgrading 4G sites across the country.
Battling the heatwave
With temperatures reaching record highs this month, coastal areas in Northern Ireland including Portrush and Portstewart saw the biggest spikes in network traffic compared to average levels over the previous month…
Rights Holders Move Closer to Website Blocks via DNS Providers
People who use Cloudflare’s popular third-party public Domain Name System (DNS) resolver – via the easy to remember IP address of 1.1.1.1 – may soon find that the company is forced by the courts to block websites that have been found to facilitate internet copyright infringement (piracy). A DNS provider will typically work to convert […]