Rivada Space Networks has become the latest company to announce a plan to launch their own mega-constellation of 600 broadband satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will serve the Telecom, Enterprise, Maritime, Energy and Government services markets. But they’re also “planning” to tackle poor connectivity in rural areas. At present, there are already a […]
Virgin Media O2 Update on 4G and Broadband Progress in Wales
The two sides of VMO2 – O2 and Virgin Media – have today issued somewhat of a progress update on their various fixed broadband and mobile deployments across Wales, which among others things reveals that they’ve boosted 4G network capacity in 5,800 postcodes during 2021 and 412,000 premises can now get gigabit speeds. Just for […]
Airtel Africa asks IFC for $194m for network expansion
Bharti Airtel’s African unit is having something of a resurgence in recent years.
Back in the summer of 2019, Airtel Africa’s initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange was something of a disaster, raising just $750 million and seeing stock prices fall over 16% on day one. At the time, investors were sceptical about the prospects of telecom carriers in emerging markets…
OneWeb Signs Broadband Capacity Distribution Deal with Eutelsat
British-registered satellite company OneWeb, which is partly owned by the UK Government, has today announced a global, multi-year Distribution Partnership Agreement (DPA) with Eutelsat to help commercialise the company’s broadband services for key sectors including Maritime, Aviation, Enterprise, Telcos and Government. The agreement shouldn’t come as much of a surprise because Eutelsat, which is a […]
Openreach Discounts on Faster FTTP Broadband Migrations Trial
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today announced a new 6-month special offer to support UK trials of “accelerated migrations” for their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband service, which is focused on making it quicker for ISPs to move existing customers from copper to full fibre lines. Openreach’s national network is currently going through a major […]
New UK Telecoms Innovation Network targets Open RAN and other ‘disruptive tech’
Today, the UK government has announced the launch of the UK Telecoms Innovation Network (UKTIN), an organisation dedicated to expanding innovation in the UK telecoms sector and diversifying the country’s supply chain.
Part of the UKTIN’s role will be to compile a database of both private and public R&D funding, helping to make the UK’s telecoms tech landscape more transparent…
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Government Seeks Views and Experiences of UK Rural Broadband
The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), which is collaborating with the UK Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) team within DCMS, has launched a new survey that seeks views and experiences of rural broadband connectivity from small and medium-sized businesses (SME) present in such areas. The survey aims to learn more about current digital […]
Iskratel Starts Supplying FTTP Broadband Kit for the UK Market
Slovenia-headquartered ICT provider Iskratel has today announced that they’ve opened a new branch in the United Kingdom, which aims to supply those ISPs currently deploying Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband networks with various types of optical fibre kit to help complete their services. The company, which is already present in Western European countries such as Germany, […]
Netomnia Adds Maidstone in Kent to UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Network operator Netomnia has today confirmed their intention to invest up to £21 million in order to extend their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP – XGS-PON) broadband ISP network to serve around 72,000 premises across the town of Maidstone in Kent (England). The operator, which last year secured £123m of funding (here) and has so far […]