Alternative network ISP Gigaclear has announced that they’re investing £13m to begin an expansion of their gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network into rural parts of Dorset (Southern England), which is expected to reach over 18,000 premises (mostly homes and some businesses) across the region. At present Gigaclear’s network already claims to cover over 240,000 premises […]
Virgin Media O2 Completes UK Gigabit Broadband Rollout
Broadband ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today switched-on their last batch of DOCSIS 3.1 network upgrades, which has put an additional 1.1 million homes within reach of “gigabit” download speeds (1130Mbps down and 52Mbps up) and means that c.65% of UK premises should now be covered by “gigabit-capable broadband.” Sadly, the final batch of locations […]
Mitto founder accused of selling mobile location data to surveillance companies
According to a report from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, ex-employees are accusing Mitto co-founder, Ilja Gorelik, of selling private mobile location data to surveillance companies.
Mitto is a Swiss company employed by the likes of Google and Twitter to send automated text messages to customers, typically for sales promotions or for security purposes…
Vodafone–Orange: A merger that never was
According to anonymous sources speaking to French news channel BFM TV, Orange and Vodafone were considering a merger of equals towards the end of 2020 and the start of 2021.
This move would have had huge ramifications for telecoms markets all over the world. It would have created Europe’s largest operator, with revenues of around €85 billion, as well as having major implications for Africa, where both operators compete in numerous markets…
ISP Gigabit Networks Goes Live for Homes in Derby on CityFibre
Leicester-based UK ISP Gigabit Networks, which previously only seemed to focus on business connectivity across the Midlands, has now launched into the residential market by hopping on to CityFibre’s new £45m gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network in the city of Derby (Derbyshire, England). CityFibre’s network in the city actually started going live on several other ISPs […]
Malaysia’s national 5G network to offer telcos access for free
Rolling out 5G infrastructure is expensive and time consuming, with operators around the world struggling to free up capital for their network expansion.
Malaysia’s approach to this issue, however, has been somewhat unique.
Back in February this year, the Malaysian government announced the creation of DNB, a special purpose vehicle created to rollout 5G infrastructure around the country…
ISP Purefibre Join CityFibre’s FTTP Broadband Network in Slough
Homes in the Berkshire (England) town of Slough, specifically those covered by CityFibre’s local £24m rollout of a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTH) broadband network in the area, now have an additional choice of UK ISP after Purefibre joined their wholesale platform. The provider will offer locals a single package that can deliver unlimited symmetric speeds […]
Government Turns Building Digital UK into Executive Agency
The Government’s Building Digital UK (BDUK) team, which is part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & and Sport (DCMS) and has responsibility for delivering broadband networks across the nation (e.g. the £5bn Project Gigabit rollout scheme), is to become an Executive Agency from April 2022. The move will essentially give BDUK more operational […]
Russia bans yet more VPNs providers
Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has announced that it has banned six additional VPN products from the Russian market: Betternet, Lantern, X-VPN, Cloudflare WARP, Tachyon VPN, and PrivateTunnel…
China Telecom told to cease US operations in January
Back in October, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that it had terminated China Telecom’s authority to provide communications services in the US.
The decision was largely based on classified information supplied by US national security agencies, who said that China Telecom had the capability to access and disrupt US communications and could therefore potentially engage in espionage…