The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the telecoms industry has gone from last year’s report, when spending on research and development grew by just 0.95% to total £956m, to this year when such spending has risen by 4.5% (£44m) to reach a 9-year high of £1.028bn. The latest annual report actually […]
Casualty of Competition as People’s Fibre Enters Administration
Alternative UK network ISP People’s Fibre, which started building a new 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network in 2020 and soon ran into some challenges with competition from rivals, has fallen into administration due to a “breakdown in the relationship” between the company’s director and investors. The network builder, which previously claimed to have “been deploying […]
Rivals Prep Legal Challenge Over Ofcom Approval of Openreach FTTP Price Cut
Several alternative UK network (AltNets) builders, including Gigaclear and CityFibre, among others, are reportedly set to launch a legal challenge against Ofcom’s recent approval of Openreach’s “Equinox” offer (here), which introduces a “major” price cut (details) to the incumbents Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband products. Naturally, ISPs that were much more reliant on Openreach’s wholesale products, and […]
Gov Targets Universal UK Gigabit Broadband Coverage for 2030
The UK Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit rollout programme appears to have quietly confirmed that they now aim to deliver “full” 1Gbps broadband coverage to the final 20% of hardest to reach premises by 2030 (effectively universal coverage), at least where it is “value for money to do so.” Just to recap. Until now, Project Gigabit […]
MTN agrees to sell and leaseback 5,700 towers to IHS Towers
This week, South Africa’s MTN has further monetised its passive assets, agreeing to sell and leaseback over 5,000 of its mobile towers to African infrastructure giant IHS Towers.
The deal, worth $412 million, will make IHS the largest independent tower operator in South Africa…
Orange and Nokia demos 600Gbps data rates over live network
Nokia and Orange announced today the completion of a network trial using the Nokia PSE-Vs, its fifth generation super coherent optics.
With this field trial, Orange has successfully validated a planned upgrade of its long-haul backbone networks to support new high-bandwidth 400 Gbps services, and the ability to scale fiber capacity up to 600Gbps…
BT Granted Permission to Appeal Landline Overcharging Ruling
The UK Court of Appeal (CoA) has granted broadband ISP BT permission to try to appeal the Competition Appeals Tribunal‘s (CAT) judgement, which last month rejected the operator’s attempt to stop a £600m class action claim against them – related to the alleged overcharging of 2.3 million landline-only phone customers. The class action claim – […]
INWIT and Enel team up for a greener Italy
Today, Enel Italia and INWIT have announced the signing of a memorandum of intent, pledging to collaborate with one another to jointly reduce their CO2 emissions and become more sustainable.
For INWIT, the deal could include the development of photovoltaic systems (i.e., solar panels) combined with storage systems at INWIT sites, as well as other energy efficiency initiatives…
Startup Stories: gaining a firm footing in the IoT world
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Sensor IT is a technology provider operating in the Internet of Things (IoT) space. We create technology based on specific requirements, covering verticals that include Smart Cities, Smart Buildings, Smart Agriculture, Smart Healthcare, Smart Mobility and Smart Industry. Our products are developed from the ground up and we own 100% of the Intellectual Property we create.
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MTN agrees to sell and leaseback 5,700 towers to HIS Towers
This week, South Africa’s MTN has further monetised its passive assets, agreeing to sell and leaseback over 5,000 of its mobile towers to African infrastructure giant IHS Towers.
The deal, worth $412 million, will make IHS the largest independent tower operator in South Africa…