Rakuten Symphony, Inc. today announced the expansion of its operations across the UK, France and Germany. The expansion will allow the company to support the business operations and growth in the European market and collaboration with operators and vendors in the region to support the transformation of mobile network operations and adoption of Open RAN (Radio Access Network) technologies…
Greece and Egypt strengthen relationship through subsea cooperation
The agreement will see both partners work together to consider future submarine cable routes between Egypt and Greece, as well as how the two companies’ assets can better support each other across their international infrastructure portfolios.
However, as pointed out by a Grid Telecom spokesperson, the partnership is not in reference to any specific submarine cable system but is rather a signal of future intent…
Vodafone UK to accelerate new 5G services with Oracle
Today, Vodafone UK has announced a new partnership with US software giant Oracle, aiming to use the latter’s cloud-native network policy management to support its burgeoning standalone 5G network.
The partnership will see Vodafone UK employ Oracle’s 5G Core Policy Control Function (PCF) and Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF)…
Connect Fibre Get Funding for Full Fibre Rollout in East England
Cambridgeshire-based UK ISP Connect Fibre (Fibre Assets Ltd.) has today secured a “significant” new investment from Foresight Group LLP, which will enable them to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to cover 100,000 premises across the East of England. We first reported on this provider all the way back in 2019 (here). At […]
Jio partners with SES to take its place in the satellite space race
Today, Jio Platforms has announced that it will be forming a JV with Luxembourgish satellite company SES, planning to use satellite technology to provide affordable, next-generation broadband services throughout India.
The new venture, Jio Space Technology Limited, will be 51% owned by Jio Platforms, with SES owning the remaining 49%.
The JV will make use of SES’s geostationary satellite currently serving India, called SES-12, in combination with O3b mPOWER, SES’s medium-Earth orbit (MEO) constellation…
WightFibre Connects 10,000th Broadband ISP Customer
Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is busy investing £85m to deploy a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire, England), are celebrating today after they achieved an important milestone by connecting their 10,000th customer to the service. So far WightFibre’s FTTP rollout has already covered over 35,000 premises […]
INCA Seek Feedback from AltNets to Assess UK Broadband Plans
The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA), which represents UK alternative broadband ISP networks, has called on AltNets to help it by participating in a new survey assessing the development of the country’s independent networks. At present there are upwards of a hundred altnets building alternative “full fibre” (FTTP / H / B) broadband networks to […]
Quickline Claim UK First with Launch of 5G Standalone Broadband
Broadband ISP Quickline has today claimed to be the “first” company in the UK to offer Standalone 5G (SA) technology, which will be used to bring superfast and ultrafast broadband speeds to rural areas. The first services will offer speeds of up to 450Mbps, but there are “plans” to hit “gigabit capability” by summer 2022. […]
Netomnia UK Confirm GBP21m Full Fibre Rollout for Hamilton
At the start of this year we noted that Netomnia were set to extend their UK rollout of a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to more of Scotland, with Hamilton being one of their targets (here). Today the operator has confirmed that they will invest £21m on the town’s build for “almost” […]
CTG Invests GBP125m to Upgrade 700K UK Homes to Full Fibre
The Complete Technology Group (CTG), which manages and audits broadband installations on behalf of landlords, has secured an investment of £125 million from InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed) to help them improve fibre optic connectivity in over 700,000 homes across the United Kingdom. CTG is a fairly new organisation that was established during the COVID-19 pandemic […]