Mobile operator Smarty has this week started to inform their UK customers that they’ll finally get around to switching-on an ultrafast 5G mobile (mobile broadband) service during the “early 2022” period, although an exact date has yet to be revealed. Smarty, which is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) on Three UK’s platform, has made […]
Open Fibre Networks Ltd Boosting FTTP Speeds to 1Gbps in 2022
Open Fibre Networks Limited (OFNL – formerly IFNL), which deploys Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based ultrafast broadband ISP networks to UK new build home developments, finally looks likely to boost the download speeds of their top residential packages to 1Gbps (1000Mbps) during 2022. The open access fibre infrastructure that OFNL builds is usually ordered by consumers through […]
Shropshire Council in GBP1m Boost to Gigabit Broadband Vouchers
The Shropshire County Council (SCC) in England has this week allocated another £1 million (total so far of £2m) to help boost the value of the Government’s local rural gigabit broadband vouchers, which now offers grants worth up to £4,000 (homes) or £7,000 (small businesses) to cover the costs of installing such a network. The […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Total Telecom
After almost a full year spent in lockdown in 2020, 2021 brought with it the heady expectations of live events once again and at Total Telecom we rose to the challenge.
Despite initial uncertainty, it quickly became clear to us that the appetite to see each other face…
Etisalat launches healthcare platform to enhance hospitals
The platform provides seamless, secure and practical solutions to enhance day-to-day operations in all business phases of the various departments.
This falls in line with UAE’s leadership’s vision and the Department of Health’s (DoH) overall objectives of enabling the use of digital health supporting clinics utilising digital technologies to improve health, care delivery, and informed decision-making for a better patient experience…
AIS strikes 5G partnerships to help fuel Industry 4.0
This week, Thailand’s largest mobile operator, AIS, announced that it had launched a range of industrial 5G solutions and services, teaming up with a number of public and private Thai companies to bolster their manufacturing processes.
The new deals include a collaboration with the TARA, with AIS hoping to leverage the partnership to encourage national industrial players to adopt 5G industrial solutions, a move which AIS says will help them &ldquo…
Svella Connect Takes Over CityFibre’s FTTP Rollout in Barnsley
CityFibre UK has today confirmed that their £32m rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the South Yorkshire town of Barnsley, which was disrupted after the collapse of their previous contractor NMCN (here), will now be conducted by Svella Connect. We previously speculated that this might be the outcome after the […]
Customers of Sky’s UK TV Service Struggling to Download Shows
Customers of the Sky Q TV platform have, for the past few weeks, been reporting sporadic problems when attempting to download programs to their set-top-box (e.g. intermittent failed downloads with their On Demand content), which seems to occur regardless of whether users are on a Sky Broadband connection or a different ISP. Experiences tend to […]
Openreach Raises UK Copper Wholesale Line Rental Prices
Openreach (BT) has announced a new round of price increases for UK broadband ISPs and phone providers that take their Wholesale Line Rental (WLR) product, which forms part of their transition to gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) lines and the plan to stop selling WLR from September 2023 (full withdrawal by Dec 2025). Just to recap. Ofcom’s […]
Vodafone UK Launches its First 5G Mobile Broadband MiFi Device
Vodafone UK has today launched their first 5G based MiFi device, which is essentially a small battery powered (lasting up to 8.5 hours) mobile broadband router that can connect up to 32 devices via the WiFi 6 standard. Customers can select either a fixed term or rolling contract, with unlimited data prices starting from £15 […]