The 4th Utility ISP Set to Expand UK Rollout of FTTP Broadband

UK ISP 4th Utility is now ramping up their rollout of a 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network to include existing homes (SDU) and large residential blocks (MDU). Until now the operator has tended to only focus on new builds (plus commercial properties) and will soon have passed 36,000 homes. The provider first began building […]

YouFibre’s FTTP Broadband Goes Live in First Part of Scotland

UK ISP YouFibre has today announced that the first customers can now connect to their new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in the South Lanarkshire (Scotland) town of East Kilbride, which comes only a short time after the provider’s network partner (Netomnia) began their build in the area. We first spotted the build in East […]

Sky Mobile Moves to Protect UK Customers from SIM Swap Fraud

Sky (Sky Broadband) has today announced that they’re implementing JT‘s Fraud Protection Services (FPS) on their Sky Mobile service, which will introduce additional security measures to help protect customers that are carrying out financial transactions on their mobile device. The FPS service is designed to protect against SIM Swap Fraud (aka – SIM Splitting, SIM […]

Gov Confirm Measures to Tackle Anonymous UK Internet Trolls

The Government has today confirmed that they will add two new duties to the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which will act to crackdown on the anonymous online abuse that occurs on the largest social networks. The wider bill also tasks Ofcom with tackling “harmful” internet content through website bans, fines and other sanctions. The vast […]

Connecting Devon and Somerset Update on Openreach FTTP Rollout

The state aid supported Connecting Devon and Somerset (CDS) broadband rollout programme has today issued an update on their £6m Fibre Extension Programme (FEP) contract with Openreach, which was originally due to complete by the end of 2021 but is still ongoing and has been extended to cover a further 100 homes. The FEP, which […]

ISPA UK Begin Hunting for the Best Broadband ISPs of 2022

The UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has just started their annual hunt for the best ISPs and internet companies as part of preparation for their forthcoming 2022 awards event, which has this year refreshed its various categories to reflect the rapidly changing market via 7 new or revised awards. The winners of the previous […]

From holographics to cobots: NGMN classifies 50 potential 6G use cases

This week, the NGMN has released a new whitepaper entitled “6G Use Cases and Analysis”, showcasing 50 potential use cases for the future technology.
For NGMN, identifying these use cases early will be a major factor in helping to steer the industry’s development, guide standardisation, and influence policy for 6G over the coming decade.
“6G is one of our strategic focus topics. Our 6G project is a true global collaboration among operators, vendors and research organisations as well as external stakeholders,” explained Anita D&ouml…

From holographs to cobots: NGMN classifies 50 potential 6G use cases

Mitratel spending $69.5m on rural Indonesian mobile towers

In November last year, Mitratel launched its IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, raising $1.3 billion for the sale of a 28% stake in the business. The remaining 72% of the company remains privately owned by Telkom Indonesia.
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Virgin Media UK Build 1Gb Broadband to 17K Homes in Cricklewood

Broadband ISP and TV provider Virgin Media UK (VMO2) has today confirmed that their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network has, for the first time, been made available to more than 17,000 homes in the Cricklewood area of London (spanning the boundaries of Barnet to the east, Brent to the west and Camden to the south-east). Across […]