Wireless network and IT services provider APC Solutions (APC Communications Solutions), which also runs the Essex (England) focused ISP Essex WiFi, has revealed that they intend to expand into building their own gigabit-capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband services. The new approach came to light as part of APC’s request for Code Powers from Ofcom, which […]
Virgin Media Broadband Customers Get Access to O2 Priority
Customers of UK ISP Virgin Media’s home broadband, phone and TV packages should now be able to access O2’s Priority app, which is normally exclusive to O2’s customers and is a way of rewarding them with various offers from high street brands, tickets and experiences – all at no extra cost. The change was already […]
American Tower buys CoreSite for $10.1bn to prepare for edge computing boom
American Tower Corp. has announced a $10.1 billion deal to purchase data centre real estate company CoreSite Realty Corp., aiming to leverage the company’s infrastructure to boost their own mobile edge compute business.
“We are in the early stages of a cloud-based, connected and globally distributed digital transformation that will evolve over the next decade and beyond…
Telstra to begin its push into energy resale next year
In November last year, Telstra announced a considerable organisational reshuffle that saw the business split into three separate entities: InfraCo Fixed, which owns Telstra’s physical infrastructure assets like ducts, fibre, and submarine cables; InfraCo Towers, owning the company’s mobile tower assets (49% of which was this year sold to a Future Fund-led consortium for $2.8 billion); and ServeCo, Telstra’s retail business.
But perhaps even more interesting was the company announcing plans to move into energy retail…
Ofcom’s Q2 2021 Complaints Study Shames UK ISP TalkTalk
Ofcom has published their latest Q2 2021 (calendar) consumer complaints study, which saw TalkTalk come top of the naughty table for gripes about their fixed line home broadband and phone services. Meanwhile, Virgin Media took the most flak for Mobile and Pay TV, although overall complaints were down. As usual, this report only covers complaints […]
Vodafone UK Grows to 962k Fixed Broadband ISP Customers
ISP and mobile operator Vodafone UK has today published their latest quarterly results (financial Q2 FY22), which reveals that their fixed broadband base added another +22,000 customers (vs +29k in the previous quarter) to make for a total base of 962,000. But their mobile base sat unchanged on 16,994,000. The operator has been in the […]
Estate Agents Find Full Fibre May Help to Drive UK House Sales
A new survey of 294 UK estate agents, which was conducted by telecoms equipment manufacturer Omdia on behalf of Huawei, has found that the desire for “high-quality broadband” continues to be a significant factor for home buyers and access to gigabit-capable “full fibre” (FTTP) ISP connections seems to be particularly important. Since the start of […]
ISP Shell Energy to Launch Cheap UK Full Fibre Broadband Plans
Energy provider and UK ISP Shell Energy will later this morning launch their first Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband packages, which will offer speeds of between 100Mbps and up to 900Mbps+ on Openreach’s national network (currently covering around 6 million premises). As usual, all of Shell’s new packages will come attached to an included wireless router, […]
VMO2 expands ‘food bank for data’ to tackle digital poverty
Back in April, statistics from Ofcom showed that 1.5 million homes in the UK are currently without internet access, leaving millions of people cut off from engaging with the digital world.
In the post-Covid era, this digital handicap is more pronounced than ever, with thousands of products and services now available online that are otherwise very difficult to access. This is even true of vital services, such as government and healthcare services…
Cellnex signs on to build 5G private network in Basingstoke
The council’s vision is to create a comprehensive 5G ecosystem focused on commercialisation where businesses can access 5G connectivity to develop, trial, and bring new products, services, and applications to market. The project is supported by the Enterprise M3 Local Enterprise Partnership and the University of Surrey 5G Innovation Centre.
Cellnex UK will build a 5G private network providing indoor and outdoor connectivity in Basing View, which is home to over 100 companies mainly from the professional and financial services…