The final regulatory hurdle to Cellnex acquiring more than 24,600 CK Hutchison’s sites in six European countries has been given approval.
The series of agreements first announced in November 2020 covered Austria…
ISPs BT and TalkTalk Sign UK TV Deal to Keep YouView Until 2024
Broadband ISPs BT and TalkTalk look set to keep their respective YouView based TV services running until March 2024 after they reached a new Shareholder Agreement with the platform’s other Joint Venture partners in the broadcasting sector, including ITV, the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Just to recap. YouView is a broadband internet (IPTV) […]
Government in GBP9m Boost to WightFibre’s Rural Broadband Rollout
Infracapital-backed broadband ISP WightFibre, which is already investing £85m to deploy a 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the Isle of Wight (South Coast of Hampshire), has received a £9m boost from the Government’s Building Digital UK programme in order to help extend local rural coverage. So far WightFibre’s FTTP rollout has already covered over 35,000 […]
Darwen Gets GBP5.5m Investment to Boost Ultrafast Broadband
The Blackburn with Darwen Council has confirmed that they plan to commit £5.5 million from a new £90m development programme to help the Lancashire (England) town of Darwen upgrade thousands of premises to “ultrafast broadband” and deploy a new WiFi network across the town centre. The council states that the ‘Connected Darwen‘ part of this […]
Openreach Finish West Yorkshire Superfast Broadband Contract
The UK state aid supported Superfast West Yorkshire and York (SFWYY) programme and Openreach (BT) have announced the completion of their Phase 2 deployment contract, which has spent the past few years working to extend the local availability of “superfast broadband” (30Mbps+) services (including a fair bit of full fibre). At present around 97-98% of […]
Alta'd image – historic brand name disappears
For 150 years Cincinnati Bell has been a recognised brand serving the connectivity needs of the people across 2,400 square miles of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana…
XR industry is set to see exponential growth with 5G: Huawei’s Dr. Philip Song
According to a survey, the XR industry will contribute US$1.5 trillion to the global GDP by 2030. Dr. Song added that following the mobile internet, ‘Spatial Internet’ will be the next big thing.
Device availability is playing key role
The world is on the cusp of witnessing the fast-paced growth of the XR industry. And the numbers tell the story.
In 2021, more than 10 million units of Oculus Quest 2, a VR headset, were shipped. Ten million users will be the critical mass for the XR ecosystem to take off. The growth of VR devices will mirror that of smartphones and mobile devices…
Telecom investment group, LetterOne, distances itself from founders
The founders of London-based investment group LetterOne have resigning from the board following EU imposed sanctions on the Russian billionaires this week…
CityFibre Confirm GBP45m FTTP Build in Luton and Dunstable
CityFibre UK has today confirmed that they will invest £45 million to deploy their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to be put “within reach of every home and business” in the two Bedfordshire (England) towns of Luton and Dunstable. At present the operator does not yet appear to have formally finalised a civil […]
Truespeed Add 2 North Somerset Towns to FTTP Broadband Plan
Bath-based UK ISP Truespeed, which is focused on deploying a 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network across rural parts of Somerset (England), has today begun the next phase of their expansion by adding the North Somerset seaside towns of Portishead and Clevedon to their rollout plan. The operator, which has so far covered 200 communities […]