One of Openreach’s senior UK broadband and phone engineers, Amjed, recently got the shock of his life while making repairs at a property in Glasgow. Upon removing one of the operator’s copper phone extension sockets from a wall, he came across a wasp’s nest. We assume he must have been investigating a buzzing sound on […]
Sustainable Information Superhighways: Ciena’s Vision of Submarine Networking
What are the most exciting regions in the submarine cable industry right now and why?
Although there are existing things happening all over the world, with new submarine cables and technologies announced, Africa is at the forefront these days.
Numerous cables have been announced that will encircle Africa unleashing unprecedented international connectivity to Africans, especially in coastal countries. These cables, which complement existing submarine cables already successfully providing international connectivity to Africa for many years, are massive in terms of both reach and capacity and will also provide flexible capabilities to the region, such as active Branching Units for increased traffic diversity, protection, and routing.
Interest in deploying cables in the polar regions has grown recently …
ISP No One Cuts UK Full Fibre Prices on CityFibre and Openreach
Internet service provider No One, which is a residential-focused sibling of business ISP Trunk Networks (inc. Leetline), has reduced the prices on their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based home broadband packages from networks supplied by both Openreach and CityFibre. At present, Openreach’s full fibre network is available to 7 million UK premises, while CityFibre has covered around […]
Mobile Operator O2 UK Pledges Better Customer Service
Mobile network operator O2 (VMO2) has this week informed customers that they’re currently “updating” their systems so that they can be “even more innovative, efficient and streamlined“, which among other things is expected to result in “better customer service“, a better sales experience and “quicker development of new products“. The operator doesn’t spell out precisely […]
Business ISP Connectus and IT Solutions Firm KTSL to Merge
Business focused UK ISP and Managed Service Provider (MSP) Connectus has announced that they’re merging with IT solutions firm KTSL to create the Connectus Group. The existing CEO of Connectus, Roy Shelton, will also become the CEO of the Connectus Group. The businesses and their 60 employees will continue to operate from six sites across […]
How to get the most out of 5G mid-band in Cloud RAN
Technology is at the heart of everything that we do at Ericsson. We live it. We breathe it. We create it. Every day. At Ericsson, developing new technologies is all about making bold choices and creating prime…
EE test combines seven spectrum carriers to boost 5G speeds
Today, EE has announced that it has become the first European operator to successfully aggregate seven different spectrum carriers to deliver a 5G signal.
The testing, which took place at BT’s lab in Borehamwood, saw EE combine 5G spectrum carriers in the 3.4GHz and 3.6GHz bands with five additional carriers in LTE bands…
Broadband ISP Wessex Internet Launch New Customer App
Broadband ISP Wessex Internet, which is rolling out a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across parts of South and South West England (Dorset, Wiltshire and South Somerset), has launched a brand-new app to help customers manage and monitor their account (billing, data usage etc.). The app can be found on both the Google Play store […]
Founder of Full Fibre UK Broadband ISP Giganet Exits the Building
UK ISP Giganet (formerly M12 Solutions), which is investing £250m to build a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to 300,000 premises across South England (here), has announced that the company’s founder – Andrew Skipsey – is to step down after 19 long years. Andrew originally started the business, then M12 Solutions, back in 2003 […]
Broadband ISP KCOM Appoints Tim Shaw as its New CEO
Hull-based ISP KCOM, which is deploying a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in England (here), has today replaced their previous Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Dale Raneberg – with the current MD of their Wholesale & Networks division, Tim Shaw. Dale, who has overseen the company’s expansion to cover […]