Network builder Netomnia, which aims to deploy their 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network to cover 1 million UK homes and businesses by the end of 2023 (here), has today announced that they’ve expanded their rollout from England and begun to enter their first location in Wales. At present the network has already covered […]
Freedom Fibre Add 4 Towns to FTTP Broadband Rollout in England
Alternative network operator Freedom Fibre, which was recently acquired by UK ISP TalkTalk (here) and is busy building a new 10Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to homes in semi-rural parts of North England, has just added four new towns across Merseyside, Cheshire and Greater Manchester to their plans. The new network builder, which was first […]
Football Pushes TalkTalk’s UK Internet Traffic to 8.1Tbps Record
Internet traffic across UK broadband ISPs surged last night on the back of several Premier League Football matches, which were heavily streamed online via Amazon’s Prime Video service. As a result, budget internet provider TalkTalk saw record network traffic, which peaked at 8.1Tbps (Terabits per second). The new 8.1Tbps peak occurred at around 9pm last […]
Telenet to begin deploying 5G from next week
Telenet (Base) has announced that it will next week begin its deployment of its 5G network, almost two years after being allocated temporary spectrum by the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications (BIPT).
The deployments will first take place in Leuven…
We built this city on IoT
Think about green cities. People will generally understand what that means – clean air, leafy spaces, with sustainability built-in to create an altogether healthier, more liveable environment for all. In contrast, when we talk about ‘smart cities’, what do we mean?
The definition matters because, to create connected, efficient and intelligent cities, we need to establish what they are and set out a compelling vision so everyone can align activity and effort behind it.
In the UK, we do not have the advantage of some other countries, who can build a new city and network infrastructure from scratch and in a coordinated manner…
Telefonica presses on with staff cuts
Last month, Telefonica announced that it was aiming to cut between 2,000 and 4,000 jobs in the first half of 2022. Now, representatives from the Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT, the General Union of Workers) has confirmed that voluntary redundancy is set to be offered to any staff member born in or before 1967 and with at least 15 years of employment by the company…
Virgin Media Make Gigabit Speeds Available to 1.2 Million Scottish Homes
UK ISP Virgin Media (VMO2) has today confirmed that their entire network of 1.2 million premises in Scotland now have access to gigabit broadband speeds (1130Mbps downloads and 52Mbps up), although this figure includes some areas that have previously already been upgraded to the DOCSIS 3.1 standard. At the last D3.1 rollout update in November […]
LTE and 5G Private Mobile Networks to unlock the era of connected industries
The demand for Private Mobile Networks (PMNs) based on LTE (and increasingly 5G) is being driven by the data, security, digitisation and enterprise mobility requirements of modern business and government entities. Organisations of all types are combining connected systems with big data and analytics to transform operations, increase automation and efficiency or to deliver new services to their users.
Private mobile networks – what are they?
A private LTE/5G network is a mobile network intended for the sole use of private entities such as enterprises, factories, or government organisations, that is not offered or accessible to the general public but instead uses spectrum defined in 3GPP standards.
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Solar-powered broadband balloons to deliver connectivity to Africa
From deploying fibre underground to putting up mobile masts, deploying broadband infrastructure is expensive.
In recent years, we have seen a flurry of innovation attempting to make these deployments more cost effective and less time consuming, from Facebook’s Bombyx robot, that crawls along existing power cables and wraps them in lightweight fibre, to the HAPS Alliance, seeking to deliver broadband through a solar…
Viettel joins rivals in launching mobile money services
Last week, MobiFone became the first Vietnamese mobile operator to launch mobile money services, with Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) hot on their heels. At the time, Vietnam’s largest operator, Viettel, was notably silent on the mobile money front, but today they too have announced they will begin offering these services to customers.
According to sources, the slight delay to Viettel receiving the licence was merely due to delays in processing the application…