City focused UK ISP Hyperoptic, which is building a new gigabit-capable FTTP/B broadband network across parts of 57 UK cities and towns (mostly large residential buildings / MDUs and office blocks), has today launched a new sale that significantly discounts some of their packages (e.g. 1Gbps for £35 per month). New customers can choose from […]
Openreach Trials New FTTP Broadband Speed Test for UK ISPs
Network access provider Openreach (BT) has launched a new “speed test trial” for UK ISPs on their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which aims to make it easier for providers to identify the cause of speed issues by ruling out as many other potential variables as possible. Some people probably think that new “full fibre” […]
Virgin Media O2 UK Moves to Cancel Vodafone Mobile Deal
In a surprise development, it’s today being reported that Virgin Media (VMO2) has allegedly moved to cancel their 5-year Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement with Vodafone UK, which was signed prior to the £31bn merger with O2 and replaced a prior MVNO deal with EE (BT). Just to recap. At the end of 2019 […]
ISP Virgin Media Business UK Prep New Hitron Chita Router
After many years of waiting, it looks as if broadband ISP Virgin Media Business (VMO2) will finally introduce a new DOCSIS 3.1 powered router for customers, which looks as if it will be based off the Hitron Chita cable gateway and could herald the long-overdue arrival of a new 1Gbps package. At present the fastest […]
Oracle and Telefónica Tech partner for global cloud services
Oracle and Telefónica Tech have announced an agreement to jointly offer cloud platform-as-a-service and applications to enterprises and public sector organizations across Telefónica Tech’s customer base. The services will be delivered through a global partnership which will enable Telefónica Tech to offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services as part of its portfolio as well as support clients through professional and managed services.
To support the increasing demand for cloud services in Spain, Telefónica will also become the host partner for the Oracle Cloud Madrid Region…
Smart homes, smart cities, and… smart facemasks?
Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, facemasks have become a major, though not uncontroversial, aspect of daily life.
Now, a study published in the scientific journal Nature by researchers from the University of Grenada has explored the creation of a smart facemask to help monitor the wearer’s inhalation of CO2.
When wearing a mask, not all the CO2 that we exhale can perfuse through the material before we inhale again, thus increasing the amount of CO2 being rebreathed.
But just how much more CO2 than normal are we breathing in when wearing a mask and what are its effects?
According to the study&rsquo…
Wildanet Appoint New Leaders for Cornwall’s Gigabit Broadband Rollout
Rural UK ISP Wildanet, which last year started the £50m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network in Cornwall (here), has appointed Helen Wylde to be its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Virgin Media’s former COO, Paul Buttery, to join as Chair of the Board. The operator has […]
Vodafone shrugs off Iliad’s bid for Italian unit
Earlier this week, it was reported that French telco Iliad, owned by billionaire Xavier Niel, had submitted a takeover bid for Vodafone Italy.
The move would constitute a major shakeup for the Italian telecoms landscape, reducing the number of mobile players in Italy from four to three and creating a new entity of scale enough to challenge the dominance of market leader TIM…
MP Casts Doubt on UK Broadband Benefits of HS2 Rail Project
The MP for Chesham and Amersham, Sarah Green, has challenged the UK Government to make progress on commitments made to local authorities along the Phase One rail route for High Speed 2 (HS2), which among other things included the promise to construct a new “broadband superhighway” to help expand faster internet access. The HS2 project […]
New ISP Association Commitments to Help Fix UK Digital Divide
The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), which is a trade body for broadband providers, has today partnered up with the Good Things Foundation, a digital inclusion charity, as part of a fresh attempt at helping to fix the digital divide so that more people are willing and able to get online. According to the […]