Uncertainty continues to cloud CityFibre’s planned UK rollout of a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network in the large towns of Halifax and Barnsley in Yorkshire (England), which were recently disrupted after the operator’s chosen contractor – NMCN – fell into administration. CityFibre first revealed that they’d picked NMCN (formerly North Midland Construction) to […]
Orange partners with Mirova to launch €50 million carbon fund
The fund will invest, both directly and indirectly, in global carbon sequestration projects such as afforestation, reforestation, and the restoration of natural ecosystems (mangroves or agroforestry projects)…
LightSpeed Broadband’s UK FTTP Rollout Gets GBP60m Funding Boost
UK ISP LightSpeed Broadband, which is busy building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across the East of England, has managed to secure another significant funding boost of £60 million. The additional investment comes from specialist investor, Sequoia, and takes their total confirmed pot to £115m. The operator currently aims to cover an initial 100,000 premises (homes […]
Dorset Council Pilot’s Training Programme for UK Fibre Engineers
The Dorset Council (DCC) in England has secured £20,000 of funding from the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Digital Pathfinders programme in order to help it develop a local pilot training programme for fibre engineers, which could help to boost gigabit broadband provision in the county. At present there remains a general shortage of skilled fibre […]
OneWeb to Start Building LEO Broadband Satellites in the UK
Space firm OneWeb, which is owned by a consortium of the UK Government and working to build a new global mega constellation of ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has confirmed earlier speculation by announcing that the company will invest £2.2bn ($3bn) to shift manufacturing from the USA to UK. At present OneWeb […]
Colt expands UK metro network with CityFibre partnership
Colt Technology Services has partnered with CityFibre to expand the reach of its metro network to eight new cities in the UK. The partnership will see Colt gain presence in Bristol, Leeds, Slough, Bracknell, Reading, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh, and Glasgow…
Startup Stories: tales from the show floor
At Connected Britain in September the Startup Zone was sponsored by Huawei in conjunction with Cambridge Wireless. The team from The Tech Podcast were onsite throughout the event and produced two episodes…
Moscow is Russia’s 5G hub
A statement issued today by the Moscow Department of Information Technologies flags that about half of all 5G pilot projects in Russia this year have taken place in Moscow.
In October 2020 a 5G Demo Center launched in the city with a focus on solving city problems &ndash…
Canadian telecom workers legally required to be vaccinated against COVID
As countries around the world continue to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic amid the new threat of emerging variants such as Omicron, Canada has reacted to its own growing case load (7% growth in new cases in the last 7 days) by making it a legal requirement for workers in federally…
Sky UK Offers a Merry Christmas with Free Calls, Data and Movies
It’s that time of year again when Sky’s various UK services (Sky Broadband, Sky Mobile, Sky TV etc.) give their existing customers some early Christmas presents, which typically take the form of various gifts, such as “free” movies, Premier League football matches, free mobile data (mobile broadband), and free calls. Naturally, the presents on offer […]