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Totum provides global IoT connectivity and positioning for low power, asset tracking and monitoring applications using a constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites and optimized device silicon. Based on our revolutionary, direct-to-satellite wireless waveform, the Totum solution provides global coverage with indoor reach using a module the size of a postage stamp. By combining Totum’s connectivity and positioning capabilities, a compact tracker or monitoring system can be created with the simple addition of sensors, a battery, and an enclosure while delivering a battery life greater than 10-years.

Our customers are in the logistics, transportation, automotive, agriculture, industrial, and energy industries across the globe – essentially, any business that needs to keep an eye on an abundance of assets that they build…

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Back in February last year, the US government conducted an enormous 5G spectrum auction, raising a record $80.9 billion.
 
Verizon took home the lion’s share of the C-band spectrum available, spending $45.5 billion for the privilege, followed by AT&T who spent $23.4 billion. 
 
The US’s other major national player, T-Mobile, spent far less in comparison, just $9.3 billion, largely due to already owning a significant amount of spectrum in the C…

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has long held that India will be one of the key markets for their growing low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation Starlink, with the billionaire suggesting that it will help deliver broadband to customers in hard-to-reach areas, uncovered by terrestrial operators. 
Attaining a commercial licence…

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Customers of broadband ISP Virgin Media UK (VMO2), including those on Virgin Mobile, are starting to receive a new notification that informs them of a forthcoming price hike to their fixed line broadband, phone, TV and or mobile services, which for example will see the average price of their cable services increase by £4.70 from […]

For around two years now, the Italian government has toyed with the idea of creating a single national broadband network across the country, hoping to prevent overbuild of infrastructure, accelerate fibre rollout, and reduce cost for consumers. 
 
This national network has typically been conceived as a merger between incumbent operator TIM’s fibre business with its fixed line rival Open Fiber, but many months of negotiations in late 2019 and early 2020 ultimately ended in failure…

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Alternative network ISP Truespeed, which until now has been fuelled by £75m from Aviva Investors to help build their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in Somerset (England), has today kicked off 2022 by securing another £100m from the same investor to help accelerate their expansion plans. So far the Bath-based provider has already extended […]

Broadband and phone services have been disrupted for a second time in the Witchford area of Cambridgeshire (England) after thieves caused “significant damage” by cutting through one of Openreach’s secure boxes. But it’s unclear what, if anything, was actually stolen as a result of this attack. Last month, around 1,000 premises suffered a protracted service […]

Last August we reported that a subsidiary of French communications provider Axione S.A.S, Axione Fibre (Axione UK), planned to build a new gigabit-capable open-access wholesale Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network for ISPs to harness in the UK (here), which was backed by £300m (equity) of initial funding. We’ve now had the first indication of their rollout […]

Ofcom has published some of the first responses from UK broadband ISPs and internet content providers to their new review of Net Neutrality rules, which were designed to ensure no serious blocking or slowing of access to legal websites or other online services by ISPs and mobile operators. Suffice to say, vested interests split the […]

The latest independent biannual summary of UK broadband coverage for H2 2021 has estimated that “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP networks have now increased their reach to 30.23% of premises (up from 24.33% in H1 2021), while 65.27% are within reach of “gigabit” speeds (up from 41.72%) and 67.63% can get 100Mbps+ (up from 66.9%). The […]