Today, Verizon Business has announced a new partnership with French company Atos, a company specialising on IT services, including unified communications, cloud, big data and cybersecurity.
The deal will see the companies co-create “immersive digital experiences that fully exercise 5G environments on the edge of their networks”, according to the press release.
As part of the partnership…
Credit Suisse Predict 90 Percent UK Full Fibre Coverage for 2025
A recent report from banking giant Credit Suisse has estimated that Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband networks will cover 90% of the UK by 2025. The country was also found to be the “most attractive market” for incremental investment in such networks, thanks to “strong build momentum and interest” in faster broadband. At present over 30% of […]
Israel set to become gateway for East–West data traffic
Today, Israel’s Partner Communications has announced that it has signed a new $12.6 million deal with Tamares Telecom to deploy a terrestrial fibre network reaching across Israel from East to West, helping better connect Asia to Europe.
The cable will span around 300km over the country, linking Haifa, on the Mediterranean Sea…
BT Begin OpenRAN Trial in Hull UK to Boost Mobile Broadband
Mobile operator EE (BT) has today announced that they’ve joined with existing network supplier Nokia to conduct one of their first UK trials of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) technology in the East Yorkshire City of Hull, which they hope will “enhance [the] mobile broadband experience” for locals. At present, mobile operators that want to […]
BT launches Hull-based Open RAN trial
The topic of Open RAN has been of growing importance for operators around the world for over two years now, with most major international players exploring the technology in some form or another. In January 2021, for example, a quintet of major European operators – Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, Orange, Vodafone, and TIM – signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on further developing the technology.
In the UK, all four of the country’s mobile operators have demonstrated similar interest in exploring Open RAN’s potential, each conducting individual trials last year…
Openreach investing £58m in North West broadband
Around 196,000 more homes and businesses in the North West are set to benefit from a major broadband boost thanks to a £58m investment by Openreach – the UK’s largest digital network provider, used by the likes of BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone and Zen.
When work is finished, people living and working in more than 15 communities across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside, will be able to contact their broadband provider and upgrade to full fibre broadband…
ARMistice? Nvidia may withdraw from battle to acquire chip company
Back in September 2020, Nvidia announced that it had bid $40 billion to purchase ARM,
The deal was immediately controversial for both corporate and political reasons, launching a host of regulatory investigations.
One of the main issues is that ARM’s designs are currently used by almost all of Nvidia’s major rivals, including the likes of Qualcomm and Intel, with these companies raising concerns that the purchase would allow Nvidia to block their access to ARM tech or charge them higher fees…
French and German govts team up to fund private 5G projects
Back in 2020, the French and German governments agreed to collaborate in the development of 5G and by spring 2021 a joint call for 5G projects focussing on private campus networks using Open RAN architecture had been announced.
Now, around a year later, the French and German governments are jointly providing €17.7 million to support four winning 5G projects that will be co-developed by a consortia of 14 French and 16 German partner companies.
“I am looking forward to an intensive collaboration between France and Germany…
Tesco Mobile, Sky Mobile and GiffGaff Top for UK Customer Satisfaction
The Institute of Customer Service has today published their latest biannual UK Customer Satisfaction Index (Jan 2022), which saw Tesco Mobile, Sky Mobile and giffgaff all managing to make the UKCSI’s ranking of the top 50 organisations – the only telecommunications providers to make the cut. The study reflects the results from a large survey, […]
MediaTek Demo Next Gen Wi-Fi 7 and Claims it Will Kill Cables
Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek claims to have conducted the “world’s first live demo” of the next generation Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) wireless networking technology, which is theoretically capable of peak data speeds up to around 40Gbps and “can be a true wireline / Ethernet replacement.” At present the fairly recent Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard is […]