Offering SaaS for CSPs is a natural evolution of Everything-as-a-Service, a key element to Nokia’s overall strategy. It reflects a culmination of steps Nokia has taken in recent years to enhance CSP network operations, including re-architecting its software applications to make them fully cloud-native and deployable in any cloud environment, edge, public or private.
To seize the 5G opportunity, CSPs need to shift away from the legacy practice of deploying customized software for analytics, security, network management, and other functions, that run on costly, complex, on-premise infrastructure…
OneWeb’s space race: From bankrupt to billions
UK satellite company OneWeb has seen a meteoric rise since initially filing for bankruptcy in March 2020. Since then, saved by an initial combined $1 billion investment from the UK government and India’s Bharti Global, OneWeb has gone on to attract over $2.7 billion from various investors, including Eutelsat, Hanwha, and SoftBank.
Now, the company is targeting global coverage of its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, looking to increase the number of devices it has in orbit from 358 today to 648 at some point next year.
The company has also been very active in seeking out partners for its budding constellation…
Emtelle Chosen to Supply Upp’s UK FTTP Broadband Rollout
Broadband ISP and network builder Upp, which is investing £1bn to rollout a new gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network to 1 million UK premises in Eastern England by 2025, has today chosen Emtelle to become their main supplier of fibre optic network kit until March 2026. Upp’s initial rollout has already begun in several towns across […]
Broadband ISP Plusnet Places Future of Email Under Review
Internet provider Plusnet has finally restored their embattled UK email service after a week of chaos, but its long-term future may now be in doubt after the ISP placed the service “under review.” A number of customers have allegedly also been told by the provider’s support staff that the email platform would close in 2022. […]
Openreach Officially Name the Next 170 UK FTTP Rollout Areas
Openreach (BT) has today officially added another 170 new towns and villages (covering 1.5 million premises) to the UK rollout plan of their 1Gbps Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband ISP network, which are all the same as those we leaked last month (here). The news comes as they reach 6 million premises passed. The operator’s full fibre […]
Vodafone UK Launch New 5G TCL HH500V GigaCube Router
New customers of Vodafone‘s ultrafast 5G mobile based broadband packages may be interested to know that they’ve just introduced a new router to the bundle, which is named as the TCL HH500V GigaCube. In addition, their plans are currently half price for the first 6 months of service. According to the announcement, Vodafone’s new 5G […]
Natale out, Staffieri in: Rogers boardroom infighting continues
Back in March, Canadian telco giant Rogers announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire rival Shaw for around $26 billion, a move that would shrink the number of mobile players in the market from four to three.
The deal was met with uncertainty from onlookers, many of whom lamented that it would reduce customer choice and increase prices in an already dysfunctional mobile market. As a result, strict regulatory conditions are set to be attached to the deal, the extent of which are still being decided.
Now…
Numbeo Ranks UK 39th in the World for Cost of Broadband Service
The latest data gathered by Numbeo, which is a crowd-sourced global database that examines the cost of living, has surveyed the cost of fixed broadband ISP provision across 109 countries and found that the United Kingdom ranked as the 39th most expensive country, with an average monthly cost of £30.87. The most expensive country was […]
Investing in Italian telecoms: Infrastructure over operators
The Italian telecoms market is currently a fascinating place, with a broadly positive regulatory environment and a history of innovation.
However, when it comes to equity investment in the telecoms sector, Italy, like Europe as a whole, must do more to not only attract investors but to follow through on their project effectively, especially in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking at this year’s online Connected Italy event, panellists from Analysys Mason, HSBC, and the European Investment Bank (ESB) began by discussing the difference in investor feeling for telecoms operators versus pure infrastructure assets.
Luigi Minerva, Senior Telecoms Analyst, Director of Equity Research at HSBC, described telcos as &ldquo…
Airbus's solar-powered Zephyr UAV set to deliver broadband to remote regions
Last month, Airbus’s solar powered Zephyr S High Altitude Platform System (HAPS) achieved 36 days of stratospheric flight in two sessions, as well as setting a new world record in absolute altitude for devices of its class at 76,100 ft.
In total, Zephyr has now completed around 3,322 flight hours, with the various tests designed to show that the unmanned device can fly beyond restrictive airspace, travelling far above and not interfering with commercial air traffic…